The Barn School is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. A Victorian House, school. 2 related planning applications.
The Barn School
- WRENN ID
- late-joist-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- House, school
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- The Barn School, Tower Hill, Much Hadham, SG10 6DL
- OS grid reference
- TL 427 189
- Coordinates
- 51.85046, 0.07146
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Barn School, formerly known as Hill House, is a house that has been converted into a school. It was built in the mid to late 19th century and features red brick in an imitation Tudor style. The upper storey has an exposed timber frame with brick nogging, and the building is topped with an old tile roof.
The structure is primarily a seven-window range, with five windows positioned close to the road. This section includes a central door set in an arched recess with a moulded wooden lintel. On either side of the door are jettied gable ends adorned with ornamental bargeboards, with the southern gable featuring a large square chimneystack. The northern part of the building is recessed and has a gable facing the street, along with two windows facing north.
The windows are two- and three-light casements with leaded, lozenge-shaped panels, most of which slightly project and have tiled window heads. There is also a later flat-roof extension at the front that includes a classical cornice. The southern elevation features a canted oriel window on the first floor, which is also decorated with an ornate bargeboard.
Local climate
The Barn School 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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