Barn Approximately 40 Metres North East of Purples Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. Barn.
Barn Approximately 40 Metres North East of Purples Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fallow-alcove-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 695 278
- Coordinates
- 51.923, 0.46395
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located approximately 40 metres northeast of Purples Farmhouse, dates from the 18th to 19th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and is weatherboarded, resting on a brick plinth. The roof is covered with red pantiles and features two gabled midstreys with sliding vertically boarded doors. The barn consists of 10 bays and has a side purlin roof with a ridgeboard, along with through bracing to the walls. It is included for its group value.
Local climate
Barn Approximately 40 Metres North East of Purples Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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