Barn North of Lower Dairy Farmhouse Aligned East to West is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Barn. 1 related planning application.

Barn North of Lower Dairy Farmhouse Aligned East to West

WRENN ID
tilted-gravel-kestrel
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 of Lower Dairy Farmhouse Aligned East to West, Nayland Road, Little Horkesley, CO6 4JS
OS grid reference
TL 966 330
Coordinates
51.96149, 0.86072
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn north of Lower Dairy Farmhouse, aligned east to west, dates from the late 17th century. It is four bays long and features a gabled midstrey facing north. The structure has tie-beams on knees and a roof clad in corrugated asbestos. It includes thin studs and primary wind-bracing, as well as tenoned collars and side purlins. The great doors of the barn are still intact.

Local climate

Barn North of Lower Dairy Farmhouse Aligned East to West sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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