Holwell Bury Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 July 1975. House. 2 related planning applications.

Holwell Bury Farmhouse

WRENN ID
pale-mortar-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Central Bedfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 July 1975
Type
House
Address
Holwell Bury Farmhouse, Stondon, SG5 3SE
OS grid reference
TL 161 344
Coordinates
51.99593, -0.30934
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Holwell Bury Farmhouse is a house dating from the 17th century or earlier. It is timber framed, with some exposed framing to the front elevation, and parts of the ground floor rebuilt in brick. The front is colourwashed with roughcast render, and the roof is covered with clay tiles. The house originally had a 3-room plan, and stands two storeys high with attics. The front (north) elevation has three 3-light casement windows to each of the ground and first floors. The ground floor has one leaded window on the right-hand side, while the others have glazing bars. A 20th-century gabled open porch shelters the front door, which is located between the two left-hand bays, with a plain door to the right-hand bay. A red brick integral stack is located at the left-hand gable end. A single-storeyed garage block is attached to the right-hand gable end. The rear elevation features a narrow, two-storey projecting gable and a single-storeyed lean-to addition on the right-hand side. There are two external chimney stacks, both partly rebuilt, the right-hand one being particularly substantial. A variety of casement windows are present. The house is situated within a moated site.

Local climate

Holwell Bury Farmhouse 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 88% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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