Barn Approximately 40 Metres North of Shefford Hardwick Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1985. Barn.
Barn Approximately 40 Metres North of Shefford Hardwick Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- spare-alcove-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 January 1985
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 136 393
- Coordinates
- 52.04122, -0.3444
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This large threshing barn, dating from the 17th century, is located approximately 40 metres north of Shefford Hardwick Farmhouse. It features a timber-framed construction with red brick infill and has a weatherboarded porch and lean-tos on the east elevation. The roof is covered with clay tiles and has a four-bay plan. It includes two levels of purlins, with the lower ones supported by queen posts and the upper ones by queen struts and a collar.
On the east elevation, the left lean-to and the two-storey porch have cart entrances, while the right lean-to has a plank door. The porch also features a plank loading door and a three-light window on the first floor. The west elevation displays a variety of windows, and a cart entrance has been blocked with weatherboarding and a plank door.
Local climate
Barn Approximately 40 Metres North of Shefford Hardwick 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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