Large Barn to the South of Farmhouse at Great Preston Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 February 1988. Barn.
Large Barn to the South of Farmhouse at Great Preston Farm
- WRENN ID
- sacred-baluster-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 February 1988
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TQ 713 984
- Coordinates
- 51.65891, 0.47641
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This large barn, located to the south of the farmhouse at Great Preston Farm, dates from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It features a timber frame that is weatherboarded, sitting above a high base made of English bond brickwork. The barn has a steeply pitched roof covered with peg tiles and consists of five bays. Inside, there are arched braced tie beams and a roof structure supported by joggled side purlins with 'V' struts. Additionally, there is a midstrey on the north side at the center, with later lean-tos added on either side.
Local climate
Large Barn to the South of Farmhouse at Great Preston Farm 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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