Barn at Abbey Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1951. Barn. 2 related planning applications.
Barn at Abbey Farm
- WRENN ID
- worn-grate-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1951
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn at Abbey Farm, Abbey Road, Leiston, IP16 4TD
- OS grid reference
- TM 444 642
- Coordinates
- 52.22221, 1.5775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn at Abbey Farm dates back to the 15th century and is constructed of brick and flint, featuring weatherboarded end gables and a thatched roof. It has stepped buttresses at the corners and consists of seven bays. This barn is believed to be part of the original buildings associated with the abbey.
Local climate
Barn at Abbey Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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