Cressing Temple Barns

Local highlight

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Approximate location — this spot is pinned to the nearest village, so the exact point may be a little way off.

The Barley Barn here was raised for the Knights Templar around 1220, and has a fair claim to be the oldest timber-framed barn in the world; a second great barn, the Wheat Barn, followed a few decades later. Both stand near Braintree beside a walled Tudor garden, open on advertised days for a charge. White Notley station is barely a mile to the west.

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