Potato Barn is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1986. A C17 Agricultural.
Potato Barn
- WRENN ID
- gilded-stair-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1986
- Type
- Agricultural
- Address
- Potato Barn, Sandon Bury, Sandon, SG9 0QY
- OS grid reference
- TL 323 344
- Coordinates
- 51.99279, -0.07397
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Potato Barn is a late 17th century or 18th century aisled barn located at Sandon Bury. It features a timber frame built on a partially rendered brick base and is weatherboarded with a corrugated sheet roof. The barn consists of seven bays with aisles that continue at both ends. On the elevation facing away from the yard, there are double doors located in the third bay from the road. The elevation towards the yard also has double doors, which are found in the second bay from the far end. The hipped ends of the barn are adorned with gablets.
Inside, the barn has jowled arcade posts with braces, some of which have been renewed, supporting the arcade plates and tie beams. Angled struts clasp the purlins.
Local climate
Potato Barn sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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