Barn on South Side of Essendon Close is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Barn.

Barn on South Side of Essendon Close

WRENN ID
first-eave-bistre
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1983
Type
Barn
Address
Barn on South Side of Essendon Close, High Road
OS grid reference
TL 273 086
Coordinates
51.76226, -0.15552
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This barn, located on the south side of Essendon Close, dates from the late 18th century or early 19th century. It is timber-framed with red brick infill and features weatherboarding, while the east side is plastered. The roof is covered with plain tiles and the barn stands two storeys high. On the east side, there are three 4/4-pane horizontal sash windows, and one similar sash window is located on the west side. An external red brick stack is present on the north gable end.

Local climate

Barn on South Side of Essendon Close 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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