Barn at the Holt Farm on North Side of Forecourt (30 Metres North West of House) is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. Barn.
Barn at the Holt Farm on North Side of Forecourt (30 Metres North West of House)
- WRENN ID
- little-jamb-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1988
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TL 169 196
- Coordinates
- 51.86353, -0.30283
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century barn located at The Holt Farm, positioned on the north side of the forecourt, approximately 30 meters northwest of the house. The barn features a timber frame that is dark weatherboarded, with the ground floor encased in red brick. It has a steep roof made of old red tiles and consists of a long range of 13 bays facing south, which encloses that side of the forecourt. The roof is designed with clasped purlins, with a single purlin on each slope supported by inclined queen-struts to the collars. There is a mid-height rail in the rear wall that is staggered in pairs. The barn has double doors leading to the yard in the second bay and three stable doors on the right-hand side, with windows inserted above the doors. A fox windvane is positioned on the middle of the ridge. This barn is included for its group value.
Local climate
Barn at the Holt Farm on North Side of Forecourt (30 Metres North West of House) 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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