Barn 50 Metres South West of the Priories is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1984. Barn, cottage.

Barn 50 Metres South West of the Priories

WRENN ID
woven-quoin-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Breckland
Constituency
Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1984
Type
Barn, cottage
OS grid reference
TM 063 881
Coordinates
52.45208, 1.03599
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a barn and attached cottage located 50 meters south-west of The Priories, dating from the late 17th century. It features a timber frame set on a plinth made of flint and brick, and is clad with weatherboard, render, and brick. The roof is covered with asbestos cement sheets. The barn has three bays and includes a 20th-century inserted floor, with a single-storey lean-to on the east side and a two-storey cottage on the west side. The south wall is made of 19th-century brick, while the east gable is clad in weatherboard. The north elevation has central boarded doors from the 20th century, with weatherboard on the east side and render on the west side. The timber frame remains intact, featuring oak studs with tension braces between jowled posts and arch braces supporting the tie beams. There are 'Queen Struts' extending from the tie beam to the principal rafters. The upper purlins are clasped, with single curved wind braces, while the lower purlins are staggered. The cottage to the west and the eastern lean-to are noted as not being of special interest.

Local climate

Barn 50 Metres South West of the Priories 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 85% 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 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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