South Barn at Lower Farm 15 Metres South of House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Barn.

South Barn at Lower Farm 15 Metres South of House

WRENN ID
crumbling-finial-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1985
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TL 452 209
Coordinates
51.86828, 0.10775
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The South Barn at Lower Farm, located 15 metres south of the house, is a barn dating from the later 17th century. It features a four-bay timber frame construction and is positioned beside a lane facing west. The barn has a steep red painted corrugated roof and a red brick plinth. There is a porch projection on the west side in the second bay from the north, and the northern bay has been extended as an aisle beside the porch in the 18th century. The east side has double doors. The roof is constructed with clasped purlins and angled queen struts, although it lacks collars. The queen struts widen at the junction with the principal. The barn has swept jowled posts with arched braces to the tie beam, many of which have been replaced by regular quadrant braces in the 18th century. There is also a lean-to structure at the southwest under the continuation of the roof. This barn is part of a group of buildings around Lower Farm.

Local climate

South Barn at Lower Farm 15 Metres South of House 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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