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

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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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