1, Walkern Road is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

1, Walkern Road

WRENN ID
gaunt-garret-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1984
Type
House
Address
1, Walkern Road, Benington, SG2 7LN
OS grid reference
TL 298 237
Coordinates
51.89681, -0.1141
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a house, dating from the 17th century, with a later 20th-century extension to the north. It is timber-framed, resting on a low stuccoed plinth, and is roughly plastered with a steeply pitched roof covered in old red tiles. The building is three cells wide and has a central chimney, following a lobby-entry plan, and faces east. At the south there is a single-story, hipped extension tiled in the same material, and at the rear, a two-story gabled extension. The east front appears nearly symmetrical due to the extension. There are four single-casement windows on the first floor and four flush sash windows, fitted with renewed 8/8 panes, on the ground floor. A gabled hood made of weatherboards shelters the panelled front door, which has decorative hinge plates. A central brick chimney, painted over below the cap, runs axially through the building. Inside, the parlor on the right side of the chimney features an axial beam, while the hall and service room on the left side of the chimney have cross beams.

Local climate

1, Walkern Road 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
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