Barn 300 Metres to West of Farmyard, Summerford Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Wealden local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1989. Barn.

Barn 300 Metres to West of Farmyard, Summerford Farm

WRENN ID
kindled-cornice-sparrow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wealden
Constituency
Sussex Weald MP: Ms Nusrat Ghani (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 February 1989
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TQ 494 367
Coordinates
51.11042, 0.13427
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century barn located 300 metres to the west of the farmyard at Summerford Farm. It features a timber frame with weatherboard cladding and some brickwork, topped by a hipped tiled roof that has catslides over outshut sheds on the east side and south end. The barn has seven bays and includes central opposing wagon entries. On the west side, there are small pitching doors to storage bays on either side of the wagon entry. Inside, the barn has jowelled posts, an intermediate rail between the posts in each bay, and tension braces and studs. There are raking stays to the posts on either side of the threshing floor, and it is supported by queen post trusses. Additionally, there is a cattle shed on the east side, which consists of seven open bays with timber posts. At the south end, there is a two-bay outshut with brick side walls and a central post.

Local climate

Barn 300 Metres to West of Farmyard, Summerford Farm receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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