Old Barn Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Old Barn Cottage

WRENN ID
vacant-granite-crag
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
Cottage
Address
Old Barn Cottage, Nayland Road, Little Horkesley, CO6 4DG
OS grid reference
TL 964 326
Coordinates
51.95794, 0.85762
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Old Barn Cottage is a small cottage that was likely converted from a farm building in the late 18th century or early 19th century. It has one storey with attics and features a ridged and gabled roof covered in pantiles. The walls are made of black weatherboard, and there is a single red brick chimney located at the east end. The windows have been replaced with modern casements. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

Old Barn Cottage 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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