Weatherboarded Barn at Sampson's Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Barn. 2 related planning applications.

Weatherboarded Barn at Sampson's Farm

WRENN ID
long-courtyard-flax
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
Weatherboarded Barn at Sampson's Farm, Sampson's Lane, Peldon, CO5 7QS
OS grid reference
TL 998 153
Coordinates
51.80139, 0.89673
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 1839-built barn located at Sampson's Farm in Peldon. It is a 6-bay timber-framed structure with weatherboard cladding and a grey slate roof. The barn features two gabled midstreys facing south. Its roof is of a side purlin design, incorporating an integral ridge board and tie beams with hanging knees.

Local climate

Weatherboarded Barn at Sampson's Farm 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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