Barn at Cowards 15 Metres East of House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Barn. 1 related planning application.

Barn at Cowards 15 Metres East of House

WRENN ID
late-landing-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Cowards 15 Metres East of House, SG12 0UF
OS grid reference
TL 367 166
Coordinates
51.83174, -0.01725
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located 15 metres east of Cowards, dates from around 1700. It features a timber frame that is weatherboarded and sits on a low red brick sill. The steeply pitched roof was originally thatched but is now covered with corrugated iron. The barn has a tall, three-bay design without aisles, facing north, and includes a central projecting gabled porch. It has unjowled posts with staggered mid-height rails between them, and braces that support heavy square softwood tie-beams. The roof is constructed with queen-strut trusses in a clasped purlin style. This barn is the last remaining structure of a courtyard of farm buildings that can be seen in an old photograph of the house.

Local climate

Barn at Cowards 15 Metres East 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 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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