Wash Farm, Barn Opposite and Approximatley 30 Metres North East of Wash Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Barn.
Wash Farm, Barn Opposite and Approximatley 30 Metres North East of Wash Farm House
- WRENN ID
- western-balcony-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 786 330
- Coordinates
- 51.96728, 0.59888
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 16th-century barn located approximately 30 metres northeast of Wash Farm House in Sible Hedingham. The barn is timber framed and covered with weatherboarding, topped by a red plain tiled roof. It features a midstrey to the north and full height vertically boarded double doors. The structure consists of five bays, with halved braces supporting the walls and arched braces connecting the tie beams. Additionally, there are arched braces in the side purlin roof, which include intermittent collars.
Local climate
Wash Farm, Barn Opposite and Approximatley 30 Metres North East of Wash Farm House 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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