Barn at Number 5 (10 Metres to South West of House) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Barn.

Barn at Number 5 (10 Metres to South West of House)

WRENN ID
pale-floor-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1984
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TL 395 251
Coordinates
51.90757, 0.02723
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn located in Braughing village, dating from the 17th century or earlier. It features a timber frame that is weatherboarded, with the upper parts of the gables plastered. The barn has a very steep half-hipped roof that is now covered with slate and has red ridges. It is a rectangular, unaisled structure that faces north. There is a plank door on the eastern end, with a small window situated above it.

Local climate

Barn at Number 5 (10 Metres to South West 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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