Barn West of Skins Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Harlow local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1981. Barn.

Barn West of Skins Farmhouse

WRENN ID
frozen-cobalt-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Harlow
Constituency
Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1981
Type
Barn
Address
Barn West of Skins Farmhouse, Roydon Road
OS grid reference
TL 420 101
Coordinates
51.77218, 0.05769
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn west of Skins Farmhouse is a 17th-century structure. It features five bays and is constructed with a timber frame that is covered in black weatherboarding. The roof is ridged and fly-hipped, clad in red pantiles, with one hipped midstrey facing east. The barn stands on red brick footings laid in Flemish bond, which include some blue headers. Inside, the barn has a heavy oak frame that is arch-braced, with collars and side-purlins.

Local climate

Barn West of Skins Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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