The Cow Barn, Approximately 70 Metres East of Lambourne Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 May 1975. Barn, house.
The Cow Barn, Approximately 70 Metres East of Lambourne Hall
- WRENN ID
- crooked-chancel-yarrow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 May 1975
- Type
- Barn, house
- OS grid reference
- TQ 478 961
- Coordinates
- 51.64511, 0.13554
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cow Barn, located approximately 70 metres east of Lambourne Hall, is a barn dating from the late 16th century that was converted into a house in 1983. The structure is timber framed and weatherboarded, with some sections of red brick laid in stretcher bond, and it is roofed with handmade red clay tiles. The barn consists of five bays aligned roughly north-south, featuring a midstrey to the east of the central bay. There is a single-storey lean-to extension in the southeast corner, constructed of red brick in stretcher bond and roofed with 20th-century red clay Roman tiles, added in 1983. An external chimney stack was also added at the north end during this conversion.
The west side has large windows that were installed in 1983. Internally, the timber frame is partly exposed, showcasing heavy studding, primary straight tension braces combined with arched braces to the wallplates, which is an unusual structural feature. The wallplates exhibit edge-halved and bridled scarfs, while the jowled posts and arched braces to the straight tiebeams are complemented by inclined queen posts shaped with a decorative jowled profile at the tops, a rare characteristic. The roof features clasped purlins with straight wind bracing.
Extra posts on the west side of the middle bay suggest that there were originally large double doors here, which have since been infilled and weatherboarded. Empty mortices on the east side indicate that the midstrey was added after the initial construction. During the conversion to a house, which was nearing completion in July 1983, the two southern bays were divided into two storeys, the middle bay was left open to the roof, and the two northern bays were ceiled at first floor level, without access to the upper floor.
Local climate
The Cow Barn, Approximately 70 Metres East of Lambourne Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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