Barn Approximately 30 Metres South East of Cross Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1985. Barn.

Barn Approximately 30 Metres South East of Cross Farmhouse

WRENN ID
hushed-pavement-thistle
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 695 304
Coordinates
51.94686, 0.46486
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn located approximately 30 metres south-east of Cross Farmhouse, dating from the 16th century. It is timber framed and weatherboarded, with a roof made of handmade red clay tiles that have a black unglazed surface. The barn has five bays arranged in a north-west to south-east orientation, with an aisle only on the south-west side. The central entrance doors on the north-east side are blocked, and there are nine 20th-century windows on the same side, along with a large modern entrance at the south-east end. At the north-west end, there is a 20th-century hipped extension.

The barn features jowled posts, heavy studding, arched arcade braces, and a simple splayed and bridled scarf in the arcade plate. It has curved tension braces set inside the studs and a small area of original wattle and daub infill at the north-west end. The tiebeams are supported by arched braces, and the roof has clasped purlins with arched wind braces. This barn is noted for its unusually heavy construction for its period and its distinctive design, which includes large entrance doors on one side and no doorway on the aisled side.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 30 Metres South East of Cross Farmhouse 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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