Barn About 80 Metres North East of Marden Hill House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. Barn.
Barn About 80 Metres North East of Marden Hill House
- WRENN ID
- tattered-flagstone-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1966
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 280 140
- Coordinates
- 51.81031, -0.1444
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located about 80 meters northeast of Marden Hill House, dates from the late 18th century. It features a timber frame set on a red brick base laid in English bond, with weatherboarding and a half-hipped tiled roof. The structure consists of five bays and has a central gabled midstrey that faces the house. There are large double doors in the central bay on both sides. Inside, the barn has arched braces connecting jowled posts to straight tie beams, angled struts that clasp the lower purlins, collars that clasp the upper purlins, and tension braces in the walling.
Local climate
Barn About 80 Metres North East of Marden Hill 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 88% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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