Barn Approximately 50 Metres West of Park Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. A C15 Barn.

Barn Approximately 50 Metres West of Park Farmhouse

WRENN ID
open-span-laurel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 May 1984
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TL 846 452
Coordinates
52.07481, 0.69259
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located approximately 50 metres west of Park Farmhouse, dates from the late 15th century to early 16th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and is weatherboarded. The roof is half hipped and clad with corrugated asbestos. The barn features central full height double doors and consists of five large aisled bays. Inside, there are arched braces supporting the tie beams and top plates, along with a framed side purlin roof and a bridled scarf. This barn is a good example of its type.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 50 Metres West of Park Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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