Barn to East of Rams Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. A C14 Barn. 1 related planning application.
Barn to East of Rams Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- small-bailey-moth
- 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 East of Rams Farmhouse, West Bergholt Lane, Fordham
- OS grid reference
- TL 934 288
- Coordinates
- 51.92469, 0.81241
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn to the east of Rams Farmhouse is a 14th-century structure originally consisting of five bays. It is timber framed and features a west-facing gabled midstrey, black weatherboards, and corrugated asbestos roofs. An aisle has been added to the east, along with one bay to the north. The posts are jowled, the eaves assembly is reversed, and it includes passing-braces. The roof now has raking struts.
Local climate
Barn to East of Rams Farmhouse 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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