Byre to west of Colville Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1983. A Medieval Agricultural building.

Byre to west of Colville Hall

WRENN ID
pale-eave-ochre
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 June 1983
Type
Agricultural building
Period
Medieval
Address
Byre to west of Colville Hall, White Roothing
OS grid reference
TL 553 134
Coordinates
51.79783, 0.25118
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The byre located to the west of Colville Hall is a late 14th century or early 15th century structure. It is timber framed, with a combination of plaster and weatherboarding on the exterior, and features a thatched roof. The building consists of four bays and has a crown post roof, which includes cambered and chamfered tie beams along with vertically strutted arch braces. The top plates are joined with halved and bridled scarfs.

Local climate

Byre to west of Colville Hall 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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