Barn to West of Parkside is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1994. Barn. 5 related planning applications.

Barn to West of Parkside

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1994
Type
Barn
Address
Barn to West of Parkside, High Street, Henlow, SG16 6BS
OS grid reference
TL 177 381
Coordinates
52.02933, -0.28512
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn, dated 1735, located west of Parkside in High Street, Henlow. It is a timber-framed barn with weatherboarding cladding above a brick plinth. The barn has a half-hipped roof now covered in corrugated iron. There are central cart doors facing south, with an inserted window to the right of the doors and windows in the ends of the barn. The barn comprises three bays and features an angled queen strut roof with two tiers of purlins and some diagonal tension braces. The wall framing includes a midrail with diagonal tension braces.

Local climate

Barn to West of Parkside 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 8 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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