The Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Sussex local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 July 1981. A C15 House, barn. 2 related planning applications.
The Barn
- WRENN ID
- night-truss-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Mid Sussex
- Constituency
- Mid Sussex MP: Alison Bennett (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 July 1981
- Type
- House, barn
- Address
- The Barn, Balcombe Road, Haywards Heath, RH16 1NZ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 329 252
- Coordinates
- 51.01093, -0.10591
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid to late 15th-century barn, converted into a house in the 1980s. Originally a three-bay barn, it now has a modern brick plinth and external weatherboarding. The roof is steeply pitched and tiled, with gablets. Modern casement windows have been installed, along with full-height windows in the middle section. A purpose-built brick and glazed porch with a tiled roof has been added to the east side.
The interior retains several original features, including two crown posts, each with a foot brace, massive jowled posts with curved braces, and some diagonal braces. The purlins are intact but the roof is boarded with pine. The western part of the barn retains the original hay loft, while the eastern part has an inserted floor.
Local climate
The 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 63% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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