Barn About 30 Metres North-West of Ayot Manor House is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 April 1977. Barn.

Barn About 30 Metres North-West of Ayot Manor House

WRENN ID
high-pewter-storm
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 April 1977
Type
Barn
OS grid reference
TL 195 170
Coordinates
51.83926, -0.26676
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located about 30 metres north-west of Ayot Manor House, dates from the 17th century and features a timber frame with seven bays. The exterior is weatherboarded and topped with an old tile roof. There is a gabled cart entrance on the south side, which has been reduced in height. The interior is well preserved, showcasing a queen post roof, cambered tie braces, and straight wind braces.

Local climate

Barn About 30 Metres North-West of Ayot Manor 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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