Barn 550 Metres South West of Boundary Farmhouse (Sometimes Known As Pettaugh Barn) is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 March 1991. Barn.
Barn 550 Metres South West of Boundary Farmhouse (Sometimes Known As Pettaugh Barn)
- WRENN ID
- fallow-spire-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 March 1991
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TM 181 605
- Coordinates
- 52.19983, 1.19069
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located 550 meters southwest of Boundary Farmhouse and sometimes referred to as Pettaugh Barn, dates from the late 17th century. It features a timber frame clad in tarred weatherboards, with sections of the original plinth made of narrow red brick. The roof is covered with corrugated asbestos. The barn has a central cart entry, with a porch to the northeast that was originally gabled but has been reduced to a lean-to, and cart doors on the southwest side. There is a 20th-century addition to the southwest that is not of special interest.
Inside, the barn consists of five bays with heavy studding, a mid rail, and straight or near-straight plank-like braces halved against the inside of the studs, although some braces are missing. The two end bays were originally used as stables with lofts above; the posts in trusses two and five are unjowled and show mortices for floorbeams and down braces from their heads. The associated cross-partitions were likely open at the first-floor level, as the tie beams show no evidence of braces or studding. Trusses three and four feature arched braced tie beams, and all four open trusses now have bolted-on knees. The original cart entry is on the southwest side, while the porch on the opposite side is an early 18th-century addition. The roof has eight bays with two rows of diminished stepped butt purlins, although the two center bays are mostly missing.
Local climate
Barn 550 Metres South West of Boundary Farmhouse (Sometimes Known As Pettaugh Barn) sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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