Barn Approximately 50 Metres West South West of Botters Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1986. Barn.

Barn Approximately 50 Metres West South West of Botters Farmhouse

WRENN ID
shadowed-tracery-alder
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 783 096
Coordinates
51.75713, 0.58288
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located approximately 50 meters west-south-west of Botter's Farmhouse, dates back to the early 16th century. It features a timber frame that is plastered and weatherboarded, with a thatched main roof and a midstrey roof covered with handmade red clay tiles. The barn consists of four bays aligned east-west, with a later midstrey added to the south. The western bay was formerly partitioned from the rest of the structure. Notable architectural details include jowled posts, heavy studding with curved tension braces that are trenched to the outside, and an edge-halved and bridled scarf in the wallplate. The barn has arched braces to cambered tiebeams, although some of these have been replaced by bolted knees. The roof has been rebuilt above the tiebeam level in a clasped purlin form.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 50 Metres West South West of Botters 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 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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