Barn Approximately 20 Metres North West of Butler's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 August 1984. Barn.
Barn Approximately 20 Metres North West of Butler's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- burning-porch-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 August 1984
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 770 377
- Coordinates
- 52.00954, 0.57833
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located approximately 20 metres northwest of Butler's Farmhouse, dates back to around 1600 and has been altered in the 18th and 19th centuries. It is timber framed and plastered, with a roof made of corrugated iron. The barn has five bays arranged east to west, featuring a midstrey to the north and a hipped roof at both ends. Notable architectural details include jowled posts, curved tension bracing set into heavy studs, and short edge-halved and bridled scarfs in the wallplates. The roof structure consists of clasped purlins with curved wind bracing.
The alterations from the 18th and 19th centuries include the addition of the midstrey, the replacement of arched braces to the tiebeams with hanging knees, and the construction of a base wall made of red brick in English bond, approximately 0.90 metre high. There is some fire damage visible in the studs of the two eastern bays of the south wall, and the eastern end of the roof is charred but remains structurally sound.
Local climate
Barn Approximately 20 Metres North West of Butler's 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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