Barn to Sparrowe's Nest is a Grade II listed building in the Ipswich local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1972. Barn.
Barn to Sparrowe's Nest
- WRENN ID
- fallen-flint-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ipswich
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1972
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn to Sparrowe's Nest, Henley Road, IP1 6TB
- OS grid reference
- TM 159 478
- Coordinates
- 52.08705, 1.15118
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn to Sparrowe's Nest is an 18th-century red brick structure that was originally part of Sparrowes Farm and is now associated with Sparrowes Nest. It features Dutch gables at both the east and west ends, with the west end displaying split openings. The roof is tiled. This barn, along with Sparrowe's Farmhouse and the barn at Sparrowe's Farm, forms a cohesive group of buildings.
Local climate
Barn to Sparrowe's Nest 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 lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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