Barn to South West of Cross Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 July 1951. Barn.

Barn to South West of Cross Farm House

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St Albans
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 July 1951
Type
Barn
Address
Barn to South West of Cross Farm House, Cross Lane, Harpenden Town
OS grid reference
TL 150 128
Coordinates
51.80287, -0.33247
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located to the southwest of Cross Farm House, dates from the late 17th century and was extended in the 19th century. It features a timber frame with tarred weatherboarding and a plain tile roof. The barn has a wide, gabled cart entrance on the center side facing the farmyard. Inside, the original 17th-century structure consists of three bays with its full construction intact, including two purlins; the upper purlins are clasped by collar braces, while the lower ones have angle braces connecting to the tie beams. The barn is supported by heavy jowled posts. The extension at the southeast end also has three bays and features a king post roof, with an aisle on the northeast side and an exterior made of red brick and flint.

Local climate

Barn to South West of Cross Farm House 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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