Granary at Granary at Nine Ashes Farm 24 Metres North of Dovecote is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Granary.

Granary at Granary at Nine Ashes Farm 24 Metres North of Dovecote

WRENN ID
waning-mortar-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Granary
OS grid reference
TL 417 132
Coordinates
51.80015, 0.05372
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The granary at Nine Ashes Farm, located 24 metres north of the dovecote, is a late 18th century to early 19th century structure. This tall, single-storey granary is timber-framed and weatherboarded, facing west, and is raised on three rows of six dressed stone staddles. It features a steep gabled roof that is currently covered in corrugated asbestos.

On the west wall, there are two plank doors positioned one above the other in the middle. The granary has an unusual design with five narrow bays, incorporating short braces and long braces from the bay posts to the wall plate in alternate bays. The roof structure includes queen struts and clasped purlins, with long straight braces connecting to the tie beams. The corner posts are jowled, while the bay posts are unjowled. Each end wall features ogee bracing. Inside, there is a boarded floor supported by heavy floor beams.

This granary is part of a picturesque group that includes the historic dovecote and barns at Nine Ashes.

Local climate

Granary at Granary at Nine Ashes Farm 24 Metres North of Dovecote 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 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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