Cat Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1976. Barn.

Cat Barn

WRENN ID
graven-lintel-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 February 1976
Type
Barn
Address
Cat Barn, Thorington Street, Stoke-By-Nayland, CO6 4SP
OS grid reference
TM 010 354
Coordinates
51.98082, 0.92636
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cat Barn is a 17th-century timber-framed barn located on Thorington Street in Stoke-by-Nayland. The barn features exposed timber-framing with brick nogging at the south end of the east front, along with some brick facing and weatherboarding. It has large entrance doors on the east front and a thatched roof.

Local climate

Cat Barn sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% 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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