Barn is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1966. A C12 Barn.

Barn

WRENN ID
ruined-column-indigo
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Suffolk
Constituency
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1966
Type
Barn
Address
Barn, Campsey Ash
OS grid reference
TM 318 544
Coordinates
52.1399, 1.38641
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn is located at the site of the Augustinian Priory, which was founded around 1195 by Theobald de Valeins. It is believed to have been converted into a barn in the late 17th century and was remodeled in the 20th century. The structure consists of five bays and is built from random stone and flint, topped with a hipped thatched roof.

Notable features include a cart doorway with a depressed four-centred archway made of red brick, and a small doorway with a two-centred pointed moulded arch and stone jambs, which has been blocked with red brick. The east end of the barn features diagonal buttresses and has a 20th-century high-level fixed light. This barn is part of a scheduled ancient monument, and further details can be found in the description of Abbey House, which includes information about excavations.

Local climate

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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 87% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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