South Farm Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1983. A Mid C18 Barn.
South Farm Barn
- WRENN ID
- white-shingle-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 November 1983
- Type
- Barn
- Period
- Mid C18
- Address
- South Farm Barn, Snetterton
- OS grid reference
- TL 987 894
- Coordinates
- 52.46648, 0.92451
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Farm Barn is a barn dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of brick and has a pantiled roof. The north side features a wagon entrance, while both the north and south walls have ventilation holes arranged in a diamond pattern. The barn has a gabled roof with parapets and tumbling. Inside, the roof structure consists of tie beams supported by arched braces, collars, and three tiers of staggered butt purlins, with the lower tier including diagonal wind bracing.
Local climate
South Farm Barn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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