Barn approximately 30 metres north west of Rolls Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1986. Barn.

Barn approximately 30 metres north west of Rolls Farmhouse

WRENN ID
dreaming-cellar-crag
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 758 140
Coordinates
51.79784, 0.54945
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn located approximately 30 meters northwest of Rolls Farmhouse, dating from the early 18th century and extended in the later 18th century. It is timber framed and weatherboarded, with a roof made of red clay Roman tiles. The barn consists of three bays aligned northeast-southwest, featuring a midstrey on the southeast side. It has been extended to the southwest by five additional bays, with another midstrey on the southeast side. There are lean-to extensions on both sides of the midstreys. The southwest end has eight reused jowled posts, while the other posts are unjowled. The structure includes primary straight bracing, with straight braces to the tiebeams, some of which have been replaced by bolted knees. The original barn has a joggled butt-purlin roof, while the extension features a clasped purlin roof.

Local climate

Barn approximately 30 metres north west of Rolls Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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