Barn to South East of Cantfields Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Barn.

Barn to South East of Cantfields Farmhouse

WRENN ID
night-tallow-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
Barn
Address
Barn to South East of Cantfields Farmhouse, Easthorpe Road, Birch
OS grid reference
TL 913 203
Coordinates
51.84915, 0.77746
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn located to the south-east of Cantfields Farmhouse is a 17th-century structure featuring five bays. It is constructed with a timber frame and is weatherboarded. At the west end, there is a three-bay extension from the 19th century. The roof is made of corrugated iron.

Local climate

Barn to South East of Cantfields Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 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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