Barn to North of Blind Knights is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1979. Barn.
Barn to North of Blind Knights
- WRENN ID
- vacant-screen-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1979
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn to North of Blind Knights, Field Farm Lane, Layer-De-La-Haye
- OS grid reference
- TL 976 191
- Coordinates
- 51.83569, 0.86682
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn located to the north of Blind Knights is an early 13th-century structure that features six bays. It was largely rebuilt in the early 14th century and underwent alterations in the 17th century. Several original main posts and tie beams are still present, showing chases for passing braces. The main top plates date from the 14th century. The barn has a hipped midstrey and is finished with black weatherboarding and a thatched roof.
Local climate
Barn to North of Blind Knights sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 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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