Ancillary Building 8 Metres North of Danes Vale Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1986. Ancillary building.

Ancillary Building 8 Metres North of Danes Vale Farmhouse

WRENN ID
gaunt-tracery-thyme
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1986
Type
Ancillary building
OS grid reference
TL 725 302
Coordinates
51.94381, 0.50969
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This ancillary building, located 8 metres north of Danes Vale Farmhouse, is likely a former byre that has been converted into stables. It dates from the early 16th century and is constructed with a timber frame, weatherboarded exterior, and a roof made of handmade glazed red pantiles and red clay corrugated tiles. The building features three bays facing southeast and has a rear extension with a catslide roof. There is a small 20th-century lean-to extension with a corrugated iron roof at the left end, and a 20th-century open canopy made of corrugated asbestos supported by posts at the front. It is a single storey with attics and includes three halved stable doors. The structure has jowled posts, heavy studding, and some wattle and daub infill in the rear wall, along with a crownpost roof that has axial bracing. A 20th-century floor has been inserted. The left and middle bays show signs of light smoke-blackening on the roof timbers, which may suggest that it was previously used as a smithy or bakehouse, although it might also have served as a dwelling at some point.

Local climate

Ancillary Building 8 Metres North of Danes Vale 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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