Barn Approximately 55 Metres South East of Clees Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1982. Barn.

Barn Approximately 55 Metres South East of Clees Hall

WRENN ID
dim-gutter-juniper
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1982
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TL 881 344
Coordinates
51.9763, 0.73775
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located approximately 55 metres south-east of Clees Hall, dates from the late 15th century to early 16th century. It features a timber frame and a thatched roof, with valleys made of handmade red clay tiles and an aisle roofed with corrugated iron. The barn consists of six bays aligned east to west, with a 17th-century midstrey to the south of the western bay. The Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (RCHM) reported that it was originally ten bays and 120 feet long, with the four western bays later removed, reportedly to North America. Initially, the barn did not have aisles, but an aisle was added to the north in the 18th century. The structure includes jowled posts, heavy studding, and girts in the east and south walls, as well as edge-halved and bridled scarfs in the wallplates and a queen post roof. One pair of arched braces to the tiebeam remains, while others have been replaced by hanging knees in the 17th or 18th century. Some wattle and daub is present in the south wall, and the eastern bay has been bricked and floored in the 20th century. The barn is situated on a moated site.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 55 Metres South East of Clees Hall 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 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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