Barn to North of Farmyard at Hoe Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Barn.

Barn to North of Farmyard at Hoe Farm

WRENN ID
rusted-latch-birch
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 Farmyard at Hoe Farm, Rectory Road, Aldham
OS grid reference
TL 906 258
Coordinates
51.89821, 0.76902
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 16th-century barn located north of the farmyard at Hoe Farm in Aldham. The barn is timber framed and clad with black weatherboards, featuring three bays and a south-facing midstrey. It has jowled main posts, side-firts, flat studs, and arch-braced tiebeams. The barn was re-roofed during the 18th century and is currently covered with corrugated asbestos, with a ridged and gabled roof.

Local climate

Barn to North of Farmyard at Hoe Farm 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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