Russet Barn is a Grade II listed building in the Three Rivers local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1975. Barn, house. 2 related planning applications.
Russet Barn
- WRENN ID
- veiled-porch-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Three Rivers
- Constituency
- South West Hertfordshire MP: Mr Gagan Mohindra (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1975
- Type
- Barn, house
- Address
- Russet Barn, Old Shire Lane, SL9 0QY
- OS grid reference
- TQ 017 927
- Coordinates
- 51.62462, -0.53153
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Russet Barn is a former barn that has been converted into a house, dating from the 17th or 18th century. It was repaired in the 19th century and altered in the 20th century. The building features a timber frame resting on a brick base and is weatherboarded with a tiled roof that is half hipped at both ends. It consists of six bays, with entrances located in bays 2 and 5, one of which has part-glazed, inserted casements. At the rear, there are hipped midstreys on the entrance bays, along with additional inserted casements and entrances. The gable end facing the road is made of stock brick, with weatherboarding on the upper level. Inside, the barn retains straight braces, posts, and tie beams, as well as angled queen struts that clasp the purlins. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Russet Barn sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 2 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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