North Barn at Wakeley Farm (55 Metres to North West of House) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Barn.
North Barn at Wakeley Farm (55 Metres to North West of House)
- WRENN ID
- calm-span-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 340 268
- Coordinates
- 51.92396, -0.05141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The North Barn at Wakeley Farm, located 55 meters northwest of the house, is a 17th-century barn that underwent alterations in the late 18th century. The northern aisle was removed in the late 20th century. The barn features a timber frame that is now encased in red brick, topped with a steep half-hipped roof made of old red tiles. It has seven bays and was originally single-aisled on the north side. The tall structure faces south and includes double doors in the second and sixth bays. An external stair at the eastern end provides access to the upper floor, which has been modified to serve as stables below. The barn is supported by heavy jowled posts and features long double-curved heavy braces connecting to the tie-beams and arcade plate. The roof is constructed with a queen-strut clasped purlin design, complete with collars. A face-halved bladed scarf joint is present at mid-span in the arcade plate. After the removal of the aisle, the north side remains open, with brick infill in the end bays. Additionally, a large wooden wheel for raising sacks to the upper floor is fixed in the eastern bay between the tie beams, and a cylinder handpump is attached to the eastern wall on the floor below.
Local climate
North Barn at Wakeley Farm (55 Metres to North West of House) 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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