Barn to North of Knowles Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Barn. 3 related planning applications.
Barn to North of Knowles Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- twelfth-iron-sable
- 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 North of Knowles Farmhouse, London Road, Great Horkesley, CO6 4BU
- OS grid reference
- TL 963 308
- Coordinates
- 51.94111, 0.85469
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn to the north of Knowles Farmhouse dates from around 1600. It features a timber frame with black weatherboarded walls and a thatched roof that is ridged and gabled with fly-hips. The barn stands on high red brick footings laid in Flemish bond, and there is one midstrey facing north from the west end. Inside, the tie-beams were originally arch braced but are now supported on knees. There are two purlins on each slope with raking struts and bladed scarfs. The barn was originally floored at half height and may have served as a granary.
Local climate
Barn to North of Knowles Farmhouse 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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