Barn Approximately 60 Metres South West of Lower Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Barn.
Barn Approximately 60 Metres South West of Lower Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- dim-solder-hyssop
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 November 1987
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TM 080 304
- Coordinates
- 51.93402, 1.02441
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located approximately 60 meters southwest of Lower Farmhouse, dates back to the 16th century, with 18th-century hanging knees and roof. It features a timber frame with weatherboarding and a brick plinth, topped by a half-hipped roof covered in red plain tiles. The structure consists of five bays, with a halved and bridled top plate scarf. It has hanging knees supporting formerly arched braced tie beams and a double staggered side purlin roof that is pegged at the ridge. Additionally, there is a two-bay midstrey.
Local climate
Barn Approximately 60 Metres South West of Lower Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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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