Barn Immediately North of Farmhouse at Windridge Farm is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. Barn.

Barn Immediately North of Farmhouse at Windridge Farm

WRENN ID
lesser-truss-khaki
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St Albans
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
Country
England
Type
Barn
Address
Barn Immediately North of Farmhouse at Windridge Farm, Potterscrouch Lane, St. Michael
OS grid reference
TL 124 057
Coordinates
51.73945, -0.37316
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located immediately north of the farmhouse at Windridge Farm, dates from the late 17th century. It features a timber frame and is weatherboarded, topped with a plain tile roof. There is a 19th-century slate-roofed lean-to that includes four horizontal sash windows. Inside, the barn comprises six bays and showcases clasped purlin roof construction, with diagonal braces connecting the ties to the purlins. It also has a continuous mid-height rail and curved wind braces. Some restoration work from the 18th and 19th centuries is evident.

Local climate

Barn Immediately North of Farmhouse at Windridge Farm 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% 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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