Little Barns is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Cottage.

Little Barns

WRENN ID
plain-beam-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
Cottage
Address
Little Barns, Ship Road, West Hanningfield
OS grid reference
TL 720 001
Coordinates
51.67332, 0.48724
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Little Barns is a small 18th-century cottage that is timber-framed and weatherboarded, having been renovated in the 20th century. The building has one storey and an attic, featuring 20th-century casement windows. Above the door, there is a plaster panel displaying the initials R F above E and the date 1747. The roof is tiled and includes two gabled dormers.

Local climate

Little Barns 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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