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

Barn to South of Brook Hall

WRENN ID
keen-corbel-torch
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 South of Brook Hall, Swan Street, Chappel
OS grid reference
TL 893 278
Coordinates
51.91702, 0.75241
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn to the south of Brook Hall is a 17th-century structure consisting of five bays. It features black weatherboards and has a midstrey facing east. The posts are without jowls, and it includes side-girts and primary wind-braces. The roof is ridged and gabled, supported by collars and side purlins, and is covered with peg tiles.

Local climate

Barn to South of Brook Hall 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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