Barn About 20 Yards West of Firhouse Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Barn.

Barn About 20 Yards West of Firhouse Farmhouse

WRENN ID
western-jamb-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1984
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
SO 349 311
Coordinates
51.97532, -2.94844
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located about 20 yards west of Firhouse Farmhouse, is probably from the 18th century. It is built of finely coursed rubble and has a stone slate roof. The barn consists of five bays that are aligned roughly east to west. On the north elevation, there is one vent slit to the right of the full-height doors located in the fourth bay from the west. Each gable features one loft opening, and there is an 18th-century ledged door on the east gable. Inside, the barn has raking struts that connect the tie-beams to the principal rafters.

Local climate

Barn About 20 Yards West of Firhouse Farmhouse receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 46 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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