Barn to South of New Barnes Mill is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1990. Barn.
Barn to South of New Barnes Mill
- WRENN ID
- gentle-glass-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- St Albans MP: Daisy Cooper (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 October 1990
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn to South of New Barnes Mill, Cottonmill Lane
- OS grid reference
- TL 155 054
- Coordinates
- 51.7357, -0.32757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn located to the south of New Barnes Mill is likely from the late 17th century and has undergone some alterations over time. It features a timber frame with weatherboard cladding set on a brick plinth, topped with a plain tile roof. The structure consists of six bays and has two gabled midstrays on the southeast side, with the right one having its doors replaced by weatherboarding and windows. On the northwest side, there is one opposing cart entry that has been infilled. A large 20th-century sliding door is present on the northeast gable.
Inside, the barn showcases impressive large-scantling framing, with both jowelled and unjowelled wall-posts that are arch-braced to tie-beams supporting queen struts. The roof structure includes clasped purlins, old rafters, and no ridge-piece, along with straight wind-braces. The wall framing features a mid-rail, arched braces, and widely spaced studs.
Local climate
Barn to South of New Barnes Mill 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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