Barn About 10 Metyres South of Number 82 (George and Dragon Public House) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. Barn. 1 related planning application.

Barn About 10 Metyres South of Number 82 (George and Dragon Public House)

WRENN ID
distant-basalt-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 November 1966
Type
Barn
Address
Barn About 10 Metyres South of Number 82 (George and Dragon Public House), High Street, Watton-At-Stone, SG14 3TA
OS grid reference
TL 301 193
Coordinates
51.85717, -0.11166
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is an 18th-century barn located about 10 meters south of the George and Dragon public house at number 82 on High Street in Watton-at-Stone. The barn features a timber frame resting on a brick base and is weatherboarded. It has a steeply pitched tiled roof and consists of three bays, with central double doors. Inside, there are angled queen struts and collars clasping the purlins, along with tension braces in the walling. The barn is included for its group value with the nearby public house.

Local climate

Barn About 10 Metyres South of Number 82 (George and Dragon Public 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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