Barn About 50 Metres South West of Sproughton Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. Barn.
Barn About 50 Metres South West of Sproughton Hall
- WRENN ID
- solitary-gable-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1955
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TM 124 450
- Coordinates
- 52.0633, 1.09725
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located about 50 metres south-west of Sproughton Hall, dates from the 16th century and is aligned north-south. It is timber framed and covered with weatherboarding, topped by a half-hipped thatched roof. The structure likely consists of five bays, with a three to four bay barn and a storeyed bay to the north on the west side. It features a large pair of doors, along with a small door and window in the left-hand bay. The frame includes halved braces with curved braces supporting the beams. Inside, there is a clasped purlin roof with one row of collars and some wind braces.
Local climate
Barn About 50 Metres South West of Sproughton 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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