Goulding's Farm Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 July 2011. Barn. 6 related planning applications.
Goulding's Farm Barn
- WRENN ID
- lost-obsidian-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 July 2011
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Goulding's Farm Barn, Rectory Road, Newton, CO10 0RA
- OS grid reference
- TL 917 393
- Coordinates
- 52.01978, 0.79282
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a timber-framed barn, likely of the 18th century, with a brick plinth and a roof covered in metal sheeting. The barn is rectangular in plan, featuring a central projecting section to the southwest (a midstrey) and a smaller timber-framed lean-to at the east, likely originally used as a pedestrian entrance. A 20th-century barn addition to the south has not been considered of particular interest.
The roof is steeply hipped and clad in metal sheeting. Pedestrian doorways were added through the external weatherboard cladding in the 19th century.
Inside, the timber frame remains substantially intact, showcasing good carpentry. The wall framing includes the sole plate, oak studs (some replaced), and mid-rails. Wall posts are present, many retaining original arched corner braces to the mid-rails, along with wall plates and tie beams secured with iron straps. The roof structure features clasped purlins and retains four wind braces, collars, and most of the rafters. The brick pamment flooring is exposed. Original wattle and daub panels are visible in the midstrey and internal walls. The midstrey has its own clasped purlin roof and gable wind braces, with largely intact wall frames.
Local climate
Goulding's Farm Barn sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 1 transaction since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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