Former Stable and Granary Range Attached to Barn at Praewood Farm is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 October 1990. Stable, granary.

Former Stable and Granary Range Attached to Barn at Praewood Farm

WRENN ID
long-plaster-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans MP: Daisy Cooper (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 October 1990
Type
Stable, granary
Address
Former Stable and Granary Range Attached to Barn at Praewood Farm, AL3 6AA
OS grid reference
TL 128 068
Coordinates
51.74916, -0.36661
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The former stable and granary range attached to the barn at Praewood Farm dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century, with some later alterations. It is constructed of flint with brick dressings and features a Welsh slate roof. The building is one storey high and consists of five bays arranged as 3, 1, 1. The ends and openings have brick quoins, with red brick arches and stepped eaves.

At the left end, there is a former stable that has a wide central stable door flanked by segmental-headed windows, which feature brick voussoirs and small-pane wooden windows. Bay 4 includes a wide three-light window, while bay 5, designated as the granary bay, is blind but has a small round archway at ground level, possibly serving as an air vent or cat hole. The wall at the left end does not completely abut the barn.

On the rear side, there is a doorway into the second bay and brick vents. The right return features a granary doorway set above ground level. Inside, the stable end is designed for five animals, with tethering arrangements of 2, 1, 2, and includes wooden partitions and mangers. The granary section has a raised board floor and plastered walls. The roof is supported by short queen struts on tie-beams, clasped purlins, old rafters, and a fairly large-scantling ridge piece.

Local climate

Former Stable and Granary Range Attached to Barn at Praewood 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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