Two adjoining barns 25 metres south of Rookwoods is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. Barn.
Two adjoining barns 25 metres south of Rookwoods
- WRENN ID
- second-spindle-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1984
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 666 227
- Coordinates
- 51.87863, 0.41983
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are two adjoining barns located 25 metres south of Rookwoods. The larger barn dates from the 16th or 17th century and features four bays, jowls to the main posts, and arch braces supporting the tie beams. It has a thatched roof with a gabled midstrey, and its exterior is part plaster and part weatherboard, resting on a brick plinth. The smaller barn consists of three bays and has a slate roof, also with side purlin roof construction and hanging knees to the tie beams. Its exterior is clad in weatherboard, with a base made of flint and brick.
Local climate
Two adjoining barns 25 metres south of Rookwoods sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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