Granary at Whitehall Farm (20 Metres North of Farmhouse) is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. Granary.

Granary at Whitehall Farm (20 Metres North of Farmhouse)

WRENN ID
tenth-roof-bracken
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 February 1988
Type
Granary
OS grid reference
TL 169 234
Coordinates
51.89749, -0.30228
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The granary at Whitehall Farm, located 20 meters north of the farmhouse, dates from the 18th century. It features red brick infill within a timber frame, supported by long straight tension braces at the corner posts. The building has a steeply pitched hipped roof covered in red tiles. It stands on limestone truncated conical staddle stones, which have circular overhanging stone caps, arranged in a 4 by 3 formation. The granary is a single-storey square structure that faces south and has a central boarded door, which is accessed by a short ladder.

Local climate

Granary at Whitehall Farm (20 Metres North of Farmhouse) 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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