Barnhurst is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. A C17 House. 3 related planning applications.
Barnhurst
- WRENN ID
- night-quoin-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Barnhurst, Albury Road, Little Hadham, SG11 2DL
- OS grid reference
- TL 440 227
- Coordinates
- 51.88487, 0.09132
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Barnhurst is a barn that has been converted into a house, dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is a tall single-storey structure with a timber frame and plastered exterior, facing west, and features a steeply pitched hipped thatched roof. The barn was converted from a weatherboarded structure around 1936. A large thatched porch projection remains on the east side. The west side has small-paned windows and a central entrance. The building originally had three bays, with close studding and long straight inclined braces visible in the walls above the inserted ceiling. The inner face of many of the studs has a shallow V-shaped depression. It has unjowled posts and a clasped purlin hipped roof supported by heavy flat laid rafters. Barnhurst was formerly part of Yewhurst Farm (Bridge End), which is reflected in its name, and it is part of a group of buildings at this crossroads hamlet.
Local climate
Barnhurst sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- 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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