Longcroft Farm and House Adjoining on South is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1986. Semi-detached estate houses. 4 related planning applications.
Longcroft Farm and House Adjoining on South
- WRENN ID
- quartered-glass-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1986
- Type
- Semi-detached estate houses
- Address
- Longcroft Farm and House Adjoining on South, HP23 6LY
- OS grid reference
- SP 916 086
- Coordinates
- 51.76871, -0.67311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Longcroft Farm and the adjoining house to the south are a block of semi-detached estate houses built in the late 19th century, likely designed by William Huckvale for the Rothschild Estate. The buildings are constructed of red brick with a half-timbered upper floor and feature steep red tile roofs. They are a symmetrical pair of picturesque estate houses set back from the road, facing west. The houses are one and a half storeys tall and include a central shared flat-topped dormer, with two-storey projecting gabled wings at each end. The entrances are recessed in the centre, leading into half-glazed lobbies. A large red brick pilastered chimney is located centrally and on the outsides of the wings. Each gabled projection has a ground floor 4-light casement window with small panes and a segmental arch, along with a similar 3-light flush casement window above.
Local climate
Longcroft Farm and House Adjoining on South sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% 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 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 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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