Granary and Cart Shed About 30 Metres North West of Numbers 1 and 2 Western's Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 1991. Granary and cart shed. 4 related planning applications.
Granary and Cart Shed About 30 Metres North West of Numbers 1 and 2 Western's Cottages
- WRENN ID
- proud-arch-moon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1991
- Type
- Granary and cart shed
- Address
- Granary and Cart Shed About 30 Metres North West of Numbers 1 and 2 Western's Cottages, CM7 5AX
- OS grid reference
- TL 719 266
- Coordinates
- 51.91186, 0.49905
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
An 18th-century granary and cart shed stands approximately 30 metres northwest of Numbers 1 and 2 Western’s Cottages, formerly recorded in association with Western's Farmhouse. The building is timber-framed with a brick plinth, featuring weatherboarding and a gambrel roof with half-hipped ends covered in asbestos. It comprises a 5-bay cart shed with stairs leading to the granary above situated at the south end.
The east front is open, with later doors inserted into the centre and two right-hand bays. Loft doorways are located in the gable ends, while the rear elevation is blank.
Internally, the walls exhibit straight tension bracing. The floor features unchamfered beams with large curved hanging knee braces to the storey posts, and unchamfered joists. The gambrel roof showcases two tiers of collars; the lower tier uses a tie-beam with curved hanging knee braces clasping the side purlins, while the upper tier features a straight collar with a dovetail lap joint to the principals and a clasped side purlin above. There are common rafters and a ridgeboard. A complete set of boarded grain bins is present, with four bins on each side of a central axial passage.
Local climate
Granary and Cart Shed About 30 Metres North West of Numbers 1 and 2 Western's Cottages 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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