Barn to Left Approximately 60 Metres West of Clare Down 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 to Left Approximately 60 Metres West of Clare Down Farmhouse

WRENN ID
gaunt-iron-sage
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 777 445
Coordinates
52.07066, 0.59183
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located approximately 60 metres west of Clare Down Farmhouse, dates from the late 15th century to early 16th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and weatherboarding, resting on a brick base. The barn features eight bays and aisles, topped with a hipped corrugated iron roof that slopes to the left. A central midstrey is present, along with jowled storey posts and a side purlin roof. The structure includes arch braces to the tie beams and crown posts in four of the bays, with a reversed assembly in the aisles and a bridled scarf joint. There are two louvred openings and a loft door located to the right of the midstrey.

Local climate

Barn to Left Approximately 60 Metres West of Clare Down 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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