Barn to South of New Barn House is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Barn. 2 related planning applications.

Barn to South of New Barn House

WRENN ID
idle-frieze-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
Barn
Address
Barn to South of New Barn House, School Lane, Great Horkesley
OS grid reference
TL 974 306
Coordinates
51.93888, 0.87167
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 16th-century barn located to the south of New Barn House. It has been much repaired and extended over the years. The barn features a timber frame and is covered with black weatherboarding, resting on high red brick footings. The roof is gabled and has a ridge, clad with corrugated iron. There is a north-facing midstrey with a roof that dates from the 19th century.

Local climate

Barn to South of New Barn House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 51% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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