Farmbuildings Fronting Road at Walnut Tree Farm is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. Farm buildings.

Farmbuildings Fronting Road at Walnut Tree Farm

WRENN ID
open-panel-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1988
Type
Farm buildings
Address
Farmbuildings Fronting Road at Walnut Tree Farm, Pirton
OS grid reference
TL 148 314
Coordinates
51.96959, -0.33011
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Farm buildings at Walnut Tree Farm date from the 17th century or earlier for the eastern range, and the lower 18th century for the northern range. They are timber framed on brick sills, with the eastern range featuring dark weatherboarding on the north and south ends and the west side, while much of the east side has an exposed frame with sandy red brick infill. The northern wall of the northern range, which faces the lane to the north, is made of chequered red and black brickwork, with a course of clunch masonry at the eaves. The eastern range has a corrugated asbestos roof, while the northern range has a red tiled roof and is open fronted on the south side. This L-shaped group of buildings is located at the entrance to the yard, with the higher eastern range of barns and storehouses facing east. There is a lower open fronted six-bay cattle shed adjoining at the northwest, extending to the west with a back wall on the roadside. The barn at the northern part of the eastern range features jowled posts, unjowled mid-bay posts, a mid-height rail jointed in-line, and straight tension braces, along with vent holes in the northern gable.

Local climate

Farmbuildings Fronting Road at Walnut Tree Farm sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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