Barn Immediately South East of Number 1 Horwood Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. A C17 Barn. 1 related planning application.

Barn Immediately South East of Number 1 Horwood Cottages

WRENN ID
proud-pinnacle-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Hertsmere
Constituency
Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 August 1985
Type
Barn
Address
Barn Immediately South East of Number 1 Horwood Cottages, Back Lane, Aldenham
OS grid reference
TQ 152 977
Coordinates
51.66694, -0.3348
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 17th-century barn situated immediately southeast of Number 1 Horwood Cottages. The barn is timber-framed with stock brick nogging and weatherboarded gable ends. It has a tiled roof and comprises three bays. An entrance is located in the central bay, and a lean-to addition extends to the rear. The front wall displays exposed studs, middle rails, and braces, some of which are curved. Inside, the barn features queen struts to the collars, tenoned purlins, and arched braces to the tie beams.

Local climate

Barn Immediately South East of Number 1 Horwood Cottages 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • Sale history — 7 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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