Barn on Roadside at Falconers Hall Known As the Top Barn Barn on Roadside at Faulkner's Hall Known As the Granary is a Grade I listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1978. A Early medieval Barn. 3 related planning applications.
Barn on Roadside at Falconers Hall Known As the Top Barn Barn on Roadside at Faulkner's Hall Known As the Granary
- WRENN ID
- riven-chamber-burdock
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1978
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn on Roadside at Falconers Hall Known As the Top Barn Barn on Roadside at Faulkner's Hall Known As the Granary, Souther Cross Road, Good Easter, CM1 4RU
- OS grid reference
- TL 626 121
- Coordinates
- 51.78437, 0.35592
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn at Faulkner's Hall, known as the Top Barn, is an important early medieval structure that has been adapted over time. It is a timber-framed building arranged in an L shape due to ancient additions. The barn features gable end roofs made of corrugated iron and walls clad in weatherboard. A gabled midstrey has been added to the east side, complete with large doors for access.
Inside, the original structure includes six main posts from an aisled hall, which have carved oak capitals with carinate filets beneath the abacus, characteristic of Norman design. The posts still have their timber sole pads beneath the current floor level, and some are trenched for passing braces. Other early features include remnants of reversed assembly and tap joints that are no longer in their original positions. The barn likely underwent alterations for its current use in the late 15th century or early 16th century, when the timber frame of the west wing appears to have been added.
Local climate
Barn on Roadside at Falconers Hall Known As the Top Barn Barn on Roadside at Faulkner's Hall Known As the Granary 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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- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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