Barn at Childs Farm 15 Meters to South-West of House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Barn.

Barn at Childs Farm 15 Meters to South-West of House

WRENN ID
rusted-stone-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 July 1984
Type
Barn
Address
Barn at Childs Farm 15 Meters to South-West of House, Baldock Road, Cottered
OS grid reference
TL 315 292
Coordinates
51.94657, -0.0869
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The barn at Childs Farm, located 15 meters to the southwest of the house, dates from the early 17th century. It features a timber frame set on a low tarred brick sill, with black weatherboarding and a steeply pitched roof now covered in black corrugated iron. This tall five-bay barn faces north along the road and has double doors on each side in the middle bay. It includes swept jowled posts and long curved braces supporting cambered tie-beams, with inclined queen struts leading to slender principals. Each slope has a single butt-purlin, jointed in line, along with added strainers at the mid bay. The walls have a mid-height rail, tenoned in line, and small tension braces at the lower part of the corner posts. The barn has separate doorposts and is a prominent feature at the entrance to the village conservation area.

Local climate

Barn at Childs Farm 15 Meters 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 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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