Barn About 50 Metres North of Crondon Park is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 August 1991. Barn.
Barn About 50 Metres North of Crondon Park
- WRENN ID
- lone-step-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 August 1991
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 691 004
- Coordinates
- 51.67749, 0.44451
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a barn located about 50 metres north of Crondon Park, dating from the mid to late 17th century, with alterations made around 1834 to 1836. The barn features a weatherboarded timber frame set on a low brick plinth, topped with a clay pantile roof that has gabled ends. It is designed with five bays and has a midstrey at the centre of the south side, which was originally located on the north side before being moved during the 1834 to 1836 alterations.
The north elevation includes a large cart entrance at the centre, fitted with plank double doors, and loading doors positioned to the left and right. The south elevation showcases a large gabled midstrey at the centre, also with plank double doors, and later outshuts at the angles to the left and right.
Inside, the barn has studding and straight through bracing on the walls, supported by girts and unjowled posts. There are curved braces, two of which are missing, connecting the posts to the tie-beams. The roof structure consists of queen-post trusses with clasped side purlins above collars, as well as intermediate collars featuring birdsmouth joints to the purlins. The common rafters are intact and are mortice and tenoned at the ridge without a board. The construction of the midstrey is similar to that of the barn, reflecting its original position before being relocated.
Local climate
Barn About 50 Metres North of Crondon Park 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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