Barn Forming Southern Half of East Side of Yard, 50 Metres East of Polehanger Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. A C16 Agricultural.
Barn Forming Southern Half of East Side of Yard, 50 Metres East of Polehanger Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-hinge-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Agricultural
- OS grid reference
- TL 140 379
- Coordinates
- 52.02847, -0.33973
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located 50 metres east of Polehanger Farmhouse, dates from the early to mid-16th century. It features a timber-framed construction with weatherboarding on a red brick plinth and has a clay tile roof. The barn has a five-bay plan and a double-rafter roof supported by clasped purlins and queen struts. The west elevation includes double cart doors that align with an outshot on the east elevation, as well as a two-light casement window with glazing bars.
Local climate
Barn Forming Southern Half of East Side of Yard, 50 Metres East of Polehanger Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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