Barn at Southwoods Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1983. Barn. 1 related planning application.
Barn at Southwoods Farm
- WRENN ID
- long-gargoyle-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 February 1983
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn at Southwoods Farm, Margaretting Road, Writtle
- OS grid reference
- TL 671 039
- Coordinates
- 51.70933, 0.4173
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century barn located at Southwoods Farm, off Writtle Margaretting Road. The barn is constructed of red brick with a half-hipped roof covered in plain tiles. A large gabled wagon entrance is located off-centre on the west side, featuring weatherboarded fronting. A later wagon entrance, fitted with a 20th-century aluminium sliding door, is on the east side. Irregular openings and windows are visible in the gable ends.
Local climate
Barn at Southwoods Farm sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2009
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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