Outbuilding About 15 Metres East of Church Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1987. Outbuilding.

Outbuilding About 15 Metres East of Church Cottage

WRENN ID
first-roof-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 June 1987
Type
Outbuilding
OS grid reference
TL 401 383
Coordinates
52.02631, 0.04091
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a former barn, now used as two garden sheds, located about 15 meters east of Church Cottage in Barley. It dates from the 17th or 18th century and features a timber frame on a brick base, with weatherboarding and a half hipped thatched roof. The structure consists of two bays and has two doors. Inside, there is a clasped purlin roof. This outbuilding is included for its group value and also includes the part belonging to Dibble Cottage on School Lane, which is not listed.

Local climate

Outbuilding About 15 Metres East of Church Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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