Barn Approximately 85 Metres South West of Great Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. Barn.
Barn Approximately 85 Metres South West of Great Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- ancient-clay-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1985
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 688 327
- Coordinates
- 51.96735, 0.45667
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located approximately 85 metres south-west of Great Biggins Farmhouse, dates from the 18th century. It is timber framed, covered with plaster and weatherboarding, and has a roof made of corrugated asbestos. The barn consists of five bays aligned north to south, featuring an original midstrey on the west side. The north end and the midstrey have a half-hipped design. The main doorway on the west side is boarded over. Inside, there is primary straight bracing and bolted hanging knees attached to the tiebeams. The structure includes collars and principals at half-bay intervals, and a joggled butt-purlin roof. It is reported that an inscription indicates the barn was moved from another site in the 18th or 19th century, although this inscription was not found during the survey in August 1984. The barn is listed for its group value as part of a complete farm complex.
Local climate
Barn Approximately 85 Metres South West of Great Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% 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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