Barn to North of the Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Breckland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 August 1983. Barn.
Barn to North of the Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- waning-shingle-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Breckland
- Constituency
- Mid Norfolk MP: George Freeman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 August 1983
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn to North of the Thatched Cottage, Merton
- OS grid reference
- TL 907 988
- Coordinates
- 52.55425, 0.81291
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a barn located to the north of The Thatched Cottage, dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of brick, featuring a thatched gabled roof. The brickwork includes red and burnt brick banding, with a chequered pattern on the west wall. The gables are weatherboarded above the eaves line. There is an entrance on the north side and double doors on the south side. Inside, the barn has tie beams supported by braces, which are part of the lower of two tiers through the purlins, along with collars and a ridge piece.
Local climate
Barn to North of the Thatched Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 79% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 62% 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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