Barn and Cattle Sheds About 90 Metres East of Eriswell Hall is a Grade II listed building in the West Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 November 1988. Barn.

Barn and Cattle Sheds About 90 Metres East of Eriswell Hall

WRENN ID
small-transept-kestrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
West Suffolk
Constituency
West Suffolk MP: Nick Timothy (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 November 1988
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TL 721 807
Coordinates
52.39748, 0.52865
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The building consists of a barn and adjoining cattle sheds, located about 90 metres east of Eriswell Hall. It dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century or early 20th century. The barn is constructed from English-bound red brick, while the cattle sheds are made from a combination of brick and flint. The roofs are covered with red pantiles; the barn features rebuilt brick parapets at the gable ends, and the cattle sheds have hipped roofs.

The barn has a large 9-bay design with threshing floors located in bays 2, 5, and 8. At the back (south), there are three cattle-shed wings, with the centre and right (west) wings being open-fronted to two stockyards situated between the wings. In the late 19th or early 20th century, the left and right wagon entrances at the front (north) were reduced in size, while the central wagon entrance remains unaltered. A weatherboarded range on the west side is likely a 20th-century addition.

On the exterior, the north elevation of the barn features a large central wagon entrance with 20th-century boarded double doors and a cement-rendered or concrete lintel. The left and right wagon doorways have been reduced and now feature lower segmented brick arches. Between these doorways are small window openings from the late 19th or early 20th century. The end gables have ventilation holes arranged in a diamond pattern within the brickwork. At the rear (south), the three long cattle-shed wings are made of flint and brick, with hipped roofs and flint and brick walls that enclose the stockyards. The centre and west wings are open-fronted on their east sides.

The interior of the barn retains its complete original roof structure, which includes staggered butt-purlins with rafters resting on the backs of the purlins. The bay divisions are supported by tie-beam and collar trusses, and there are intermediate principal rafters that also have collars but lack tie-beams. The collars are morticed and fitted into the principal rafters, with a timber wall-plate and ridge board completing the structure.

Local climate

Barn and Cattle Sheds About 90 Metres East of Eriswell Hall 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 98% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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