Barn 20 Yards West of Twites Farm Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. Barn.

Barn 20 Yards West of Twites Farm Cottages

WRENN ID
night-cupola-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
Country
England
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TL 788 638
Coordinates
52.24348, 0.61876
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located 20 yards west of Twites Farm Cottages, dates from the early to mid-17th century. It features five bays and two aisles, constructed from timber framing and weatherboarding, topped with a corrugated iron roof. The walls exhibit windbracing through the studs, and the main posts are jowled with aisle tie-beams. The roof has clasped purlins with principal rafters positioned at half-bay intervals. Notable large clear assembly marks can be seen on the main components, and the frame is complete.

Local climate

Barn 20 Yards West of Twites Farm Cottages 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 82% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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