Granary at Moles Farm in Orchard 100 Metres Old Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Granary.
Granary at Moles Farm in Orchard 100 Metres Old Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-hammer-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Granary
- OS grid reference
- TL 360 162
- Coordinates
- 51.82808, -0.02703
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The granary at Mole's Farm, located in the orchard 100 metres from the old farmhouse, is an 18th-century structure. It is built with a timber frame and is weatherboarded, topped with a tall hipped slate roof. This single-storey, small square building is raised on eight piers. The middle of each side is supported by cast iron stadles, while short red brick piers are found at the corners. The south side features a plank door with iron strap hinges and a cat hole. The interior is lined.
Local climate
Granary at Moles Farm in Orchard 100 Metres Old Farmhouse 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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