Howbourne Farm Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1985. Field barn.

Howbourne Farm Barn

WRENN ID
standing-step-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wealden
Constituency
Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 November 1985
Type
Field barn
Address
Howbourne Farm Barn, Hadlow Down
OS grid reference
TQ 517 252
Coordinates
51.00673, 0.16227
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Howbourne Farm Barn is a field barn dating from around 1800. The walls are made of stone at the ends and on the west side, while the east side is constructed of brick. The barn consists of five bays and originally featured a narrow aisle on the east side. Large outshuts were added to the west side and south end at a later date, and the entire structure was re-roofed. This renovation created a long tile catslide roof on the west and south sides, which is interrupted by a cart entry, while the east side has an uninterrupted sweep. The barn features gunstock jowls on the posts, short straight braces to the tie beams, and angle strut trusses. There are also diagonal braces extending from the jowls of the posts to the ground. This barn is a handsome and characteristic example of a Sussex field barn.

Local climate

Howbourne Farm Barn receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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