Former barn 40 metres south south east of Blakelands is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1980. Barn.
Former barn 40 metres south south east of Blakelands
- WRENN ID
- dim-belfry-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1980
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Former barn 40 metres south south east of Blakelands, CM77 6TE
- OS grid reference
- TL 734 219
- Coordinates
- 51.8692, 0.51819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The former barn, located 40 metres south-southeast of Blakelands, is a 15th-century structure originally used for hand threshing. It features five bays with a central threshing floor and has a hipped roof covered in iron. On the east side, there is a gabled porch, known as a midstrey. The barn is timber-framed, clad in black weather boards, and has red brick footings. Inside, it boasts a circular-post roof with a central crown post that is down braced. The design includes arch-braced ties and tapped collars, with halved and bridled scarfs and jowled posts.
Local climate
Former barn 40 metres south south east of Blakelands 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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