Large Barn to North West of Blake Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 April 1984. A Post-medieval Barn.

Large Barn to North West of Blake Hall

WRENN ID
ancient-rood-claret
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
11 April 1984
Type
Barn
Period
Post-medieval
Address
Large Barn to North West of Blake Hall, Stony Lane, Bobbingworth
OS grid reference
TL 538 052
Coordinates
51.72505, 0.2257
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This large barn, dating from the 17th century, is located to the northwest of Blake Hall. It features a timber frame that is partially bricked-in and partially weatherboarded, with aisles and two half-hipped midstreys. The roof is half-hipped and covered with red pantiles. The barn consists of six bays and includes jowled storey posts and arched braces connecting to the plates and storey posts. The top plate has a halved and bridled scarf joint. Inside, there are three original boarded doors with iron hinges and wooden catches in the aisle. Notably, the storey posts are carved with the initials 'R.B. H.B. 1642'.

Local climate

Large Barn to North West of Blake Hall 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 lower than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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