Barn Approximately 8 Metres East of Great Wheatley Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Rochford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1986. Barn.

Barn Approximately 8 Metres East of Great Wheatley Farmhouse

WRENN ID
kindled-nave-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rochford
Constituency
Rayleigh and Wickford MP: Mr Mark Francois (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 October 1986
Type
Barn
Address
Barn Approximately 8 Metres East of Great Wheatley Farmhouse, SS6 7AR
OS grid reference
TQ 796 903
Coordinates
51.5835, 0.59174
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located approximately 8 metres east of Great Wheatley Farmhouse, dates back to the 17th century, though it may have earlier origins. It features a timber frame and is weatherboarded, with a brick plinth. The roof is clad in corrugated iron and includes a gabled midstrey on the right, which now has a lean-to on the left. The barn is single storey and has a brick lean-to on the right side. It consists of 8 bays, with 2 bays featuring jowled storey posts. The structure includes arched braces to the tie beams and through bracing to the walls. The roof has been modified to a side purlin ridgeboard design, and the top plate has a halved and bladed scarf joint.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 8 Metres East of Great Wheatley Farmhouse receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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