Range of Barns Forming South Side of Yard, 30 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 C18 Agricultural buildings.

Range of Barns Forming South Side of Yard, 30 Metres East of Polehanger Farmhouse

WRENN ID
stark-step-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 January 1985
Type
Agricultural buildings
OS grid reference
TL 139 379
Coordinates
52.02834, -0.33995
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a long, low range of agricultural buildings, including cartsheds and shelter sheds, located 30 meters east of Polehanger Farmhouse. It dates from the early to mid-18th century. The structure has a red brick plinth and is timber framed, clad in weatherboarding, with a clay tile roof. It measures approximately 35 meters in length and features clasped purlins and queen struts in the roof. Most openings are on the north elevation, and the shelter shed wall posts are supported by curved braces. This building is noted as a good example of its type and contributes to the group value of the area.

Local climate

Range of Barns Forming South Side of Yard, 30 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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