Barn Immediately West of Dolittle Mill House is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. Barn. 4 related planning applications.

Barn Immediately West of Dolittle Mill House

WRENN ID
fossil-steeple-candle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St Albans
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
Country
England
Type
Barn
Address
Barn Immediately West of Dolittle Mill House, St Albans Road, Redbourn, AL3 7AA
OS grid reference
TL 112 111
Coordinates
51.78802, -0.38778
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, now used as a garage, dates from the 18th or early 19th century. It is constructed with an exposed timber frame, filled in with 20th-century red brick. The barn is two stories high and comprises three bays, built with relatively thin timber scantlings reinforced with long diagonal braces. A half-glazed door is located on the east side. The building is listed for its contribution to the group value of the surrounding buildings.

Local climate

Barn Immediately West of Dolittle Mill House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • 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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