Barn Approximately 40 Metres South West of Highlands Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 March 1985. Barn.

Barn Approximately 40 Metres South West of Highlands Farmhouse

WRENN ID
roaming-mantel-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 March 1985
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TL 133 460
Coordinates
52.10149, -0.34584
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located approximately 40 meters southwest of Highlands Farmhouse, dates from the 18th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and is clad in weatherboarding, topped with a thatched roof. The barn features a four-bay plan and a queen strut roof structure. There is a cart entrance on the north elevation, and to the east gable end, there is a lean-to that is partly brick and partly weatherboarded, with a pantiled roof.

Local climate

Barn Approximately 40 Metres South West of Highlands Farmhouse 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 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% 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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