Barleybeans Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1984. Farmhouse.

Barleybeans Farmhouse

WRENN ID
half-foundation-cream
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Barleybeans Farmhouse, Ansells End, Kimpton
OS grid reference
TL 156 195
Coordinates
51.86264, -0.32241
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Barleybeans Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the mid or late 17th century, with an 18th century brick front that is painted white. The gable ends are roughcast and feature large external chimney stacks, with the right stack having two square shafts in regular stretcher bond. The building is two storeys high and has three 3-light casement windows, with the ground floor windows having segmental heads. There are two timber frame bays, and inside, there are chamfer-stopped bearers and a fireplace lintel. At the rear, there is a central projection that dates from the 18th or 19th century.

Local climate

Barleybeans 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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