Barn at Lower Farm (30 Metres to South East of House) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. Barn.

Barn at Lower Farm (30 Metres to South East of House)

WRENN ID
winter-panel-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 December 1984
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TL 356 339
Coordinates
51.98718, -0.02547
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn at Lower Farm, located 30 meters southeast of the house, dates back to the 17th century. It features a timber frame that has been raised on a blockwork plinth and is weatherboarded, topped with a steeply pitched roof now covered in corrugated sheeting. This tall, six-bay, single-aisled barn faces north and has a rear aisle with three bays infilled. A gabled front porch is situated at the third bay from the west. The structure includes jowled posts with long slender curved braces connecting to the tie-beams and arcade plate, as well as aisle ties. The roof, which was formerly thatched, has an inclined Queen strut clasped-purlin design, strengthened by a lower purlin supported on bearers between the principal and Queen strut.

Local climate

Barn at Lower Farm (30 Metres to South East of House) 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 92% 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 59% 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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