Barn and Granary at Russells Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1984. A C17 Barn, granary. 1 related planning application.
Barn and Granary at Russells Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- keen-alcove-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1984
- Type
- Barn, granary
- Address
- Barn and Granary at Russells Farmhouse, Ansells End, Kimpton, SG4 8HD
- OS grid reference
- TL 157 189
- Coordinates
- 51.85684, -0.32083
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn and granary at Russells Farmhouse are located in Kimpton and date from the 17th to 18th century. The structure is timber framed, with the barn featuring weatherboarding and a corrugated iron roof. It consists of three heavily framed bays from the 17th century, with mid-height purlins supported by diagonal struts. There are double doors on the north side. A single-storey shed, also from the 18th century, connects to the granary, which has a square shape and red brick infill, along with a central door and a corrugated iron roof.
Local climate
Barn and Granary at Russells 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.
More on this building
Sign in or create a free account to unlock:
- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.
Similar buildings
The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.
- 1 Barn Approximately 8 Metres South of Russell's Farmhouse
- 2 Barn at Junction of Parsonage Hill
- 3 Barn Circa One Metre to West of Granary, South West of Hill Farmhouse
- 4 Barn Approximately 12 Metres South West of Russell's Farmhouse
- 5 Barn Cowhouse and Granary at Lane Farm to North West of Farmhouse
this building 1 similar nearby listed buildings