Barn at Holbook Farm (On Roadside East of House) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. Barn.

Barn at Holbook Farm (On Roadside East of House)

WRENN ID
tall-glass-fog
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1984
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Holbook Farm (On Roadside East of House), Benington Road, Aston
OS grid reference
TL 280 226
Coordinates
51.8874, -0.14018
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn at Holbrook Farm, located on the roadside east of the house, dates from the early 19th century. It features a timber frame supported by a flint and brick sill, and is clad in dark weatherboarding beneath a steep red tile roof. This 12-bay double barn faces north and includes two gabled front porches, with double doors leading to the yard at the rear. The eastern porch is in use, while the western porch has been infilled with weatherboarding. Inside, the barn has king-post roof trusses supporting a side-purlin roof. This structure is an important feature of the landscape.

Local climate

Barn at Holbook Farm (On Roadside East 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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