Barn to East of Roundbush Road is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Barn.

Barn to East of Roundbush Road

WRENN ID
ancient-sentry-elm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
Barn
Address
Barn to East of Roundbush Road, Birch
OS grid reference
TL 928 187
Coordinates
51.83429, 0.79806
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 17th-century barn located to the east of Roundbush Farm on Roundbush Road. The barn has seven bays and is constructed with a timber frame, which is covered with weatherboarding. It features a roof made of corrugated iron.

Local climate

Barn to East of Roundbush Road 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 greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 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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