Barn Immediately to the West of Bleach Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Barn.
Barn Immediately to the West of Bleach Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- buried-steel-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TM 373 795
- Coordinates
- 52.36265, 1.48465
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a barn located immediately to the west of Bleach Farmhouse, dated inside on a beam to 1772. It is timber-framed and sits on a high brick plinth, with some timbers exposed outside and 20th-century brick infilling, while other parts have old render. The north gable is covered with weatherboarding, and the roof is made of 20th-century corrugated aluminium.
The barn has a frame consisting of four bays, with the northernmost bay originally designed as a stable and hayloft. There is an entry in the second bay from the south. The structure features bisected studs, slightly curved primary braces, and lacks a middle rail. The trusses have straight tie-beams and long arched braces that are bolted together. The roof is divided into four bays, with a ridge-piece and principal rafters set on edge, supported by two rows of unstepped butt purlins, some of which are triangular in section.
Above the entry on the west side, the wallplate is painted with red ochre and inscribed in white lettering, stating 'Erected by Peter Spark and John Crow, Town Reeves, 1772'. This inscription refers to the Town Trust of Alburgh in Norfolk, to which Bleach Farm belonged at that time.
Local climate
Barn Immediately to the West of Bleach Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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