West Barn at Dyes Farm is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. Barn. 1 related planning application.
West Barn at Dyes Farm
- WRENN ID
- old-sentry-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1988
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- West Barn at Dyes Farm, Dyes Lane, Langley, SG4 7PQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 217 232
- Coordinates
- 51.89465, -0.23191
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A 17th-century barn located at Dyes Farm. It is a timber-frame structure with a red brick sill, and it is weatherboarded. The barn has a steep-pitched roof, now covered in corrugated sheeting. The barn faces west and is three bays wide, featuring double doors in the middle bay. A lean-to outshut is attached to the east side, within the same bay. Notable features include jowled posts and a clasped-purlin roof with vertical queen-struts.
Local climate
West Barn at Dyes Farm 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2011
- 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
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