Barn at Number 28 is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. Barn.
Barn at Number 28
- WRENN ID
- heavy-corridor-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1988
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn at Number 28, Shillington Road, Pirton, SG5 3QJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 143 319
- Coordinates
- 51.97439, -0.33676
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century barn located at Number 28 on Shillington Road in Pirton. The barn features a timber frame set on a red brick sill, with the frame exposed and plastered panels on the west side. The east and south ends facing the road are covered in dark weatherboarding. It has a steep red tile roof and consists of three tall bays, with double doors situated in the central bay. The walls are constructed with full-length studs.
Local climate
Barn at Number 28 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 2 transactions since 2022
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