Barn North of House at Bell Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Bedford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 August 1983. Barn.

Barn North of House at Bell Farm

WRENN ID
tenth-pier-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bedford
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 August 1983
Type
Barn
Address
Barn North of House at Bell Farm, Wyboston, Chawston and Colesden
OS grid reference
TL 127 557
Coordinates
52.18865, -0.35254
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn located north of the house at Bell Farm, dating from the 18th century. It has a timber frame with weatherboarding and a corrugated iron roof. The barn features a five-bay plan and a queen post roof structure, which was originally half-hipped but has since been altered to a gabled roof. There are entrances on the west and south elevations. The barn is listed for its group value only.

Local climate

Barn North of House at Bell Farm 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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