Barn About 35 Metres North North West of Nos 3 and 4 West Pikefish Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Maidstone local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1987. Barn.
Barn About 35 Metres North North West of Nos 3 and 4 West Pikefish Cottages
- WRENN ID
- white-stronghold-owl
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maidstone
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 October 1987
- Type
- Barn
- OS grid reference
- TQ 694 474
- Coordinates
- 51.20076, 0.42408
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This barn, located about 35 metres north-north-west of Nos. 3 and 4 West Pikefish Cottages, dates from the early 19th century, with an addition from the early to mid-19th century. It is timber framed and weatherboarded, featuring a half-hipped plain tile roof. The structure has a red and grey brick plinth, constructed in English bond on the eastern section and Flemish bond on the western section.
The barn consists of three early 19th-century timber-framed bays arranged at right angles to the road, with an additional four bays added to the west during the early to mid-19th century. There are midstreys located at the centre of the eastern section and the third bay from the western end. The north side has full-height double doors, while the south side features lower doors. A semi-open lean-to or cattle stalls are present on the south side.
Inside, the barn has long cut jowls on the principal posts and short arch braces supporting the tie-beams. The roof is a clasped-purlin type with diminishing principal rafters, vertical queen struts to the collars, and a ridge piece. There are intermediate collars with long braces extending from the rafters to the centre, as well as intermediate wall-posts and straight tension braces to each half bay above and below the midrail. The western section is similar to the eastern but uses smaller scantling timber. This barn is included for its group value.
Local climate
Barn About 35 Metres North North West of Nos 3 and 4 West Pikefish Cottages receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 72% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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