Barn and Shed About 30 Metres North of Queenbury (Not Listed) is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1984. Barn, shed.
Barn and Shed About 30 Metres North of Queenbury (Not Listed)
- WRENN ID
- quartered-remnant-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1984
- Type
- Barn, shed
- OS grid reference
- TL 361 360
- Coordinates
- 52.00579, -0.01755
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building consists of a barn and shed, dating from the 17th century, located about 30 meters north of Queenbury. The structure features a timber frame resting on a brick base and is weatherboarded. It has a steeply pitched half-hipped thatched roof, with corrugated sheeting at the rear. The barn comprises five bays and includes a single aisle at the back, with central double doors. Inside, the frame has large scantling, jowled posts with arched braces supporting the tie beams and arcade plates. The roof includes collars clasping purlins and curved windbraces, with tension braces in the walling. Attached to the left end of the barn, extending towards the road and house, is a low 18th or 19th-century cow shed that has five open bays and a thatched roof, with flint and brick at the ends.
Local climate
Barn and Shed About 30 Metres North of Queenbury (Not Listed) 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 92% 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 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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