Barn 70 Metres South of Stanstead Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. Barn.

Barn 70 Metres South of Stanstead Hall

WRENN ID
spare-sandstone-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 August 1952
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TL 827 288
Coordinates
51.92775, 0.656
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located 70 metres south of Stanstead Hall, dates from the 15th century and 19th century. It is timber framed, covered with weatherboarding, and has a roof made of handmade red plain tiles. The barn is aligned east-west and consists of two sections. Originally, it had eight bays and was only aisled on the north side, but it is now partly aisled on the south side as well. There is one gabled midstrey on the north and two on the south.

The original section features jowled posts, closely spaced tiebeams, and heavy arched bracing in the north aisle wall, along with remnants of long internal bracing in the former south wall. It has a crownpost roof with chamfered posts and axial bracing, which has been rebuilt. The 19th-century western extension has unjowled posts and primary straight bracing.

Local climate

Barn 70 Metres South of Stanstead Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 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 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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