Barn and Cowhouse Immediately East of Old Hall is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. Barn, cowhouse.
Barn and Cowhouse Immediately East of Old Hall
- WRENN ID
- rusted-cobalt-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- Barn, cowhouse
- Address
- Barn and Cowhouse Immediately East of Old Hall, Burston Road, Gissing
- OS grid reference
- TM 142 850
- Coordinates
- 52.42137, 1.14881
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn and cowhouse located immediately east of Old Hall is a 17th-century timber-frame structure that has been clad in 18th-century red brick and weather-boarding. It features a steep gable-ended pantile roof. Adjoining this barn at a right angle is an 18th-century brick cowhouse, which is two storeys high and also has a gabled pantile roof. The north side of the cowhouse includes a window with a brick drip mould. Both buildings have window and door openings that are topped with 19th-century segmental brick arches. There are also later and modern farm buildings attached to the complex.
Local climate
Barn and Cowhouse Immediately East of Old Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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