Barn to the North of Absolpark Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1967. Barn.
Barn to the North of Absolpark Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- low-mortar-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1967
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 663 194
- Coordinates
- 51.84889, 0.41444
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn to the north of Absolpark Farmhouse is a 17th-century timber-framed structure with 11 bays, featuring a combination of plaster and weatherboarding on its exterior. The south side of the barn has three entrance porches. The roof is covered with corrugated asbestos, which was originally thatched.
Local climate
Barn to the North of Absolpark 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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