North Barn at Whempstead Farm (70 Metres to North of House) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Barn. 8 related planning applications.
North Barn at Whempstead Farm (70 Metres to North of House)
- WRENN ID
- grim-pier-autumn
- 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
- Address
- North Barn at Whempstead Farm (70 Metres to North of House), SG12 0PE
- OS grid reference
- TL 320 210
- Coordinates
- 51.87201, -0.08306
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A barn dating to the 16th century, situated 70 metres north of the farmhouse at Whempstead Farm. The barn is timber-framed with a brick sill, and is clad in dark weatherboarding, topped with a steep corrugated iron roof. It has three bays facing south, featuring a central gabled porch on the south side and double doors, with a smaller winnowing door, at the north. There is a blocked opening where double doors once stood. The structure includes heavy jowled posts with curved braces supporting cambered tie-beams, and curved tension braces within the walls. The roof is an inclined queen-post construction with a strainer positioned over the middle of the midstray, and curved wind braces supporting the single purlin on each slope.
Local climate
North Barn at Whempstead Farm (70 Metres to North 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 8 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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