Large Barn at Howbury Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Bexley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1952. Barn.

Large Barn at Howbury Farm

WRENN ID
moated-cobble-pearl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bexley
Constituency
Bexleyheath and Crayford MP: Daniel Francis (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 May 1952
Type
Barn
Address
Large Barn at Howbury Farm, Whitehall Lane
OS grid reference
TQ 527 767
Coordinates
51.46867, 0.19743
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The large barn at Howbury Farm dates from the first half of the 17th century or earlier. It is constructed of red brick in English bond, with weatherboarded gable ends. The south side features two projecting wagon entrances, and there are long loop lights in each bay, with two at each end. The barn has a plinth with stone coping and a renewed slate roof. Inside, the roof structure consists of timber arch-braced trusses, with three struts supporting collars that in turn support another pair of struts.

Local climate

Large Barn at Howbury Farm 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 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 25 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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