Barn at Plummers Farm Immediately North of Farmhouse Alongside Road is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1984. A C17 Cowshed, dairy, storage barn.
Barn at Plummers Farm Immediately North of Farmhouse Alongside Road
- WRENN ID
- still-plaster-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1984
- Type
- Cowshed, dairy, storage barn
- Address
- Barn at Plummers Farm Immediately North of Farmhouse Alongside Road, Sally Deards Lane, Codicote
- OS grid reference
- TL 229 192
- Coordinates
- 51.85855, -0.21672
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn at Plummers Farm, located immediately north of the farmhouse alongside the road, dates back to the 17th century and was originally used as a cowshed or dairy. It features a timber frame construction, with the ground floor displaying 18th-century chequered red brick on the road side and weatherboarding facing the farmyard. The upper floor showcases exposed studwork with painted brick infill. The barn has a low-pitched asbestos roof and was originally two storeys, with the upper floor serving as a loft for hay, supported by floor beams carried on curved braces. The structure consists of three bays and includes a 19th-century lean-to on the south side.
Local climate
Barn at Plummers Farm Immediately North of Farmhouse Alongside Road sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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