Barn to East of Windells is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1981. A Late C17 Barn.
Barn to East of Windells
- WRENN ID
- grey-pinnacle-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1981
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn to East of Windells, Earls Colne Road, Great Tey
- OS grid reference
- TL 879 265
- Coordinates
- 51.90619, 0.73125
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn to the east of Windells is a late 17th-century structure that features a timber frame and is covered in black weatherboarding, topped with a gabled thatched roof. It is five bays long and has a midstrey facing west. The original tie-beam arch-braces have been replaced with large hanging-knees that are secured by forelock bolts. The roof includes cambered collars and side purlins, with thin angle ties connecting to the midstrey top-plates. There are no side-girts, and it has primary wind bracing along with re-used rafters that have a flat section. Additionally, one bay was added to both the east and west ends during the 18th century.
Local climate
Barn to East of Windells sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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