Barn at Mere Farm Approximately 22 Metres West South West of Mere House is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1998. Barn.
Barn at Mere Farm Approximately 22 Metres West South West of Mere House
- WRENN ID
- calm-frieze-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1998
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TM 318 974
- Coordinates
- 52.52561, 1.41582
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn at Mere Farm, located approximately 22 metres west-southwest of Mere House, dates from the late 17th century and has undergone some alterations. It features a weatherboarded timber frame set on a brick plinth, topped with a corrugated iron roof. The structure consists of four bays, with a cart entrance on the east side. A corresponding entrance on the west side is a later addition that leads into a former midstrey, which has been mostly demolished, leaving part of its roof to form a gable over the entrance.
Inside, the barn showcases a high-quality frame with chamfered studwork and long straight tension braces in each bay that cut through the studs. The roof is constructed with arch-braced ties, collars, and double tiers of butt purlins, along with intermediate pairs of principal rafters that do not have tie beams. The four jowled posts that form the entrance bay feature wave mouldings at the springing of the jowl. This barn is part of a group that includes Mere House and another barn located approximately 34 metres south-southwest of Mere House.
Local climate
Barn at Mere Farm Approximately 22 Metres West South West of Mere House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 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 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% 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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