Barn Approximately 50 Metres North of Need Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Horsham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1988. Barn.

Barn Approximately 50 Metres North of Need Farmhouse

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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Horsham
Constituency
Horsham MP: John Milne (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 July 1988
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TQ 185 204
Coordinates
50.97135, -0.31339
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located approximately 50 metres north of Need Farmhouse, has origins dating back to the 16th century and was altered in the mid to late 18th century. It is a timber-framed structure consisting of five bays with an aisle to the south. The exterior is clad in weatherboarding resting on a red brick plinth, and it features a steeply pitched hipped roof covered with old tiles, hipped to the east and half hipped to the west.

The north side has central cart doors and four fixed wooden casements. On the south side, there is a cemented plinth with two wooden casements and two small doors. The east side includes two fixed six-pane casements. The end bay to the west showcases late 16th-century jowled posts, an intermediate post, a mid rail, and curved tension braces. A 19th-century vertical plank partition separates this bay from the rest of the barn. The other four bays contain some 16th-century jowled posts, 18th-century posts with cut profiles, and some posts with almost no jowl.

The roof features angled queen struts with through purlins and lacks a ridge-piece. The wall frame includes a mid rail and diagonal tension braces. A floor was inserted in the fourth bay during the 19th century. The aisle has two diagonal braces supporting each tie beam, and many of the upright posts are reused. The aisle posts rest on brick padstones, and the aisle itself has 19th-century partitions and a softwood wall frame. Reused timbers have been incorporated into the purlins and rafters.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 50 Metres North of Need Farmhouse receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 70% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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