Barn Approximately 40 Metres North of Taylors Farm Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1986. Barn.

Barn Approximately 40 Metres North of Taylors Farm Cottages

WRENN ID
heavy-pilaster-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 March 1986
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TL 784 143
Coordinates
51.79966, 0.58686
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located approximately 40 metres north of Taylor's Farm Cottages, dates back to the early 16th century and was extended in the 18th and 19th centuries. It features a timber frame, is weatherboarded, and has a shingle roof. The original structure consists of four bays aligned east to west, with a mid-18th century midstrey on the south side. An additional four bays were added to the east in the 18th century, which includes a midstrey on the north side.

The original barn has jowled posts and heavy studding with 'Suffolk' bracing that is trenched to the outside. The wallplates feature edge-halved and bridled scarfs, and there are arched braces, along with one replaced straight brace, supporting the tiebeams. In the 20th century, the roof was raised by approximately 0.50 metre and rebuilt using softwood. The eastern extension has unjowled posts, primary straight bracing, bolted knees to the tiebeams, and its walls and roof were similarly raised and rebuilt.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 40 Metres North of Taylors Farm Cottages 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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