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

Barn to West of Fletchers Farmhouse

WRENN ID
muted-mullion-sorrel
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 West of Fletchers Farmhouse, West Bergholt Lane, Fordham
OS grid reference
TL 932 288
Coordinates
51.92469, 0.80943
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn dating from around 1700, located to the west of Fletchers Farmhouse. It is timber framed and consists of five bays, featuring a central south-facing midstrey and a hipped roof. The exterior is covered with black weatherboards, and the roof is clad with corrugated asbestos.

Local climate

Barn to West of Fletchers 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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