Barn Near Junction with Whitwell Road at Grid Reference Tl 1958 2391 is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. Barn. 2 related planning applications.

Barn Near Junction with Whitwell Road at Grid Reference Tl 1958 2391

WRENN ID
lost-rampart-mist
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 February 1988
Type
Barn
Address
Barn Near Junction with Whitwell Road at Grid Reference Tl 1958 2391, Hitchwood Lane, Langley, SG4 7RW
OS grid reference
TL 195 239
Coordinates
51.90092, -0.26334
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a barn built in the early 17th century, located near the junction with Whitwell Road. It features a timber frame set on a high red brick sill and is covered in dark weatherboarding, with some corrugated sheeting on the rear wall. The barn has a steeply pitched roof that is now made of slate. It is a tall structure with seven bays facing south, and the rear aisle is preserved in the three eastern bays. There is a central double doorway on the south side.

The barn includes step jowled posts, straight braces to the arcade plate, and long straight braces to the tie-beams. The roof is a clasped-purlin type, with one purlin on each slope and long straight inclined queen-posts that widen at the top. There are also possibly added long straight wind-braces. The aisle features aisle ties to the outer wallplate, and the arcade plate has face-halved bladed scarf joints. The gable trusses include a collar with struts below.

Local climate

Barn Near Junction with Whitwell Road at Grid Reference Tl 1958 2391 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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