Barn, 40 Metres North West of Rookery Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 April 1988. Barn.

Barn, 40 Metres North West of Rookery Farmhouse

WRENN ID
over-brick-sedge
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
Barn
OS grid reference
TL 960 608
Coordinates
52.21144, 0.86744
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located 40 meters north-west of Rookery Farmhouse, dates from the late 16th century or early 17th century and was built in two stages. The structure consists of a 3-bay barn at the east end with an aisle on the north side, and a higher 5-bay extension that is unaisled. It is timber-framed and weatherboarded. The lower section features a glazed pantiled roof, while the higher section has asbestos sheeting; both sections were originally thatched. The north wall has boarded barn doors at the center bay.

The east section has depleted framing but retains storey posts, wall-plates, and most of the clasped-purlin roof. One open truss shows reversed assembly, indicating an early alteration. The higher section has well-preserved framing, characterized by close-studding with tension stud-bracing and a middle-rail. One open truss includes arch-bracing, while the others feature 19th-century bolted knees. The roof is windbraced with clasped purlins, and nearly all the studs and many rafters have been reused from a medieval building. At the time of the survey, the east section was in the process of being converted into a dwelling.

Local climate

Barn, 40 Metres North West of Rookery Farmhouse 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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