Church Farm Barn is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1977. Barn. 5 related planning applications.
Church Farm Barn
- WRENN ID
- unlit-rampart-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 March 1977
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Church Farm Barn, the Street, Costessey, NR8 5DG
- OS grid reference
- TG 177 124
- Coordinates
- 52.66625, 1.21904
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn, likely a former tithe barn, dates to 1688. It is constructed as a timber-framed building with walls that have been weatherboarded, sitting on a brick and flint plinth. The east gable features a moulded brick aedicule bearing the date 1688. The roof is pantiled. There are two full-height timber projections on the south side, positioned opposite the entrances, and a lower, single-story outshut to the north. The barn’s structure comprises seven main trusses, incorporating collars and braced ties with queen struts located only opposite the entrances. The principal rafters are collared and arch-braced to the main studs. Butt-purlins and wind-braces are also present. The walls are close-studded along the sill-beam, with occasional tension braces.
Local climate
Church Farm Barn 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 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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