Barn at Amwell Farm is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. Barn. 3 related planning applications.
Barn at Amwell Farm
- WRENN ID
- pale-newel-pearl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Barn
- Address
- Barn at Amwell Farm, Down Green Lane, Wheathampstead, AL4 8EJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 171 127
- Coordinates
- 51.8007, -0.3027
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The barn at Amwell Farm, located about 15 meters southeast of the farmhouse, dates from the 18th century. It features a timber frame set on a tall base made of painted brick, with tarred weatherboarding. The north elevation includes a central gabled porch, and the roof is covered with plain tiles. Inside, the barn has a three-bay layout with mid-height purlins and diagonal braces supporting the tie beams. There are double doors facing the lane.
Local climate
Barn at Amwell 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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