Barn, Forming Northern 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. Barn.

Barn, Forming Northern Half of East Side of Yard, 50 Metres East of Polehanger Farmhouse

WRENN ID
fading-steeple-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 January 1985
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TL 139 380
Coordinates
52.0288, -0.33993
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, dating from the early 18th century, forms the northern half of the eastern side of the yard, located 50 meters east of Polehanger Farmhouse. It is constructed with a timber frame and is clad in weatherboarding, resting on a red brick plinth. The roof is made of clay tiles and is half-hipped at the southern end. The barn has a seven-bay plan and features a single-rafters roof with clasped purlins and queen struts. There is an outshot on the eastern elevation that aligns with double cart doors, which are 20th-century replacements, located on the western elevation.

Local climate

Barn, Forming Northern 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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