Barn to North West of Waterside Preparatory School, on the North Side of the Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. A 17th century Barn. 3 related planning applications.

Barn to North West of Waterside Preparatory School, on the North Side of the Yard

WRENN ID
heavy-truss-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
Barn
Period
17th century
Address
Barn to North West of Waterside Preparatory School, on the North Side of the Yard, Hassobury Estate, Farnham, CM23 1JR
OS grid reference
TL 484 252
Coordinates
51.90596, 0.15682
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 17th-century timber-framed and weather-boarded aisled barn situated to the north-west of Hassobury, on the north side of the yard. The barn has five bays, with a central gabled entrance bay facing south. The roof is tiled.

Local climate

Barn to North West of Waterside Preparatory School, on the North Side of the Yard sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 2 transactions since 2002
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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