High Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1988. House, barn. 3 related planning applications.

High Barn

WRENN ID
ghost-basalt-twilight
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket MP: Dr Peter Prinsley (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 April 1988
Type
House, barn
Address
High Barn, Chapel Lane, Drinkstone, IP30 9TA
OS grid reference
TL 958 605
Coordinates
52.2086, 0.86549
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High Barn is an 18th-century barn that was converted into a pair of cottages in the early to mid-19th century, with remodelling occurring in the mid-20th century. It has four bays and two storeys. The building has a timber frame with plastered walls, displaying exposed framing and plaster infill along the front elevation, and featuring primary-braced studwork. The thatched roof is punctuated by a 19th-century brick chimney. The windows are mid-20th century casements, and a single-storey 20th-century entrance porch with a hipped thatched roof is located on the right side. A 17th-century moulded plank door with vertical glazed slats provides access. Inside, the 18th-century tiebeams of the open trusses still have long arch braces. The second bay from the west lacks original studding, instead featuring arch braces beneath the tie beam, an indication that the building originally incorporated a porch at that location. Although altered in the 20th century, the barn is notable as an early example of a farm building converted into dwellings.

Local climate

High Barn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 93% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2013
  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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