Barn Approximately 40 Metres South West of Rayne Hall and Adjoining Entrance Track to Hall 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 South West of Rayne Hall and Adjoining Entrance Track to Hall
- WRENN ID
- dark-banister-umber
- 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 731 228
- Coordinates
- 51.87775, 0.51401
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located approximately 40 metres south west of Rayne Hall and next to the entrance track to the hall, dates back to the 16th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and is weatherboarded, topped with a red plain tiled roof that is hipped and features gablets. There is a hipped midstrey, and on either side of it are lean-tos from the 19th or 20th century, which are not of listing value. The barn consists of seven bays and includes arched braces to the tie beams. The roof is supported by queen struts with arched side bracing, and it features jowled storey posts.
Local climate
Barn Approximately 40 Metres South West of Rayne Hall and Adjoining Entrance Track to Hall 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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