Barn North East of Holts Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Barn.
Barn North East of Holts Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- roaming-hinge-jet
- 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 North East of Holts Farmhouse, Holt Road, Little Horkesley
- OS grid reference
- TL 948 311
- Coordinates
- 51.94483, 0.83356
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 19th-century barn located north-east of Holts Farmhouse in Little Horkesley. It features a red brick footing and black weather boards, with a thatched roof supported by a ridge and cables. The barn is a single storey and has thin oak framing, tie-beams on knees, and primary bracing in the walls. It is included in the listing for its group value.
Local climate
Barn North East of Holts Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 650 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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