Barn at Right Angles to the Barns Facing Drive and Garden is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 July 1964. Barn.

Barn at Right Angles to the Barns Facing Drive and Garden

WRENN ID
solitary-brass-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
Bedford MP: Mohammad Yasin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 July 1964
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Right Angles to the Barns Facing Drive and Garden, Cardington Road
OS grid reference
TL 075 485
Coordinates
52.12523, -0.43054
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, dating from the 16th or 17th century, is situated at right angles to "The Barns" and faces the drive and garden. It features a timber frame with red brick nogging and has braced tie beams. The structure consists of five bays, with an additional half-length hipped-roofed bay that was added in the 18th century. The roof is covered with red tiles. The Barns and this barn form a group.

Local climate

Barn at Right Angles to the Barns Facing Drive and Garden sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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