Farmhouse at Mentley Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1967. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Farmhouse at Mentley Farm
- WRENN ID
- guardian-zinc-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Farmhouse at Mentley Farm, Mentley Lane West, Standon, SG11 1TW
- OS grid reference
- TL 375 236
- Coordinates
- 51.89447, -0.00173
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Farmhouse at Mentley Farm, dating from the early 18th century, is constructed of red brick and features a steeply pitched slate roof. The building is two and a half storeys high and has five windows on its north-facing side. It has a double-pile end-chimneys plan and a symmetrical front, which includes two flat-topped dormers set behind a parapet. There are raised bands at both the floor and eaves levels, and the windows are anti flush box sash style, set under segmental arches with 6/6 panes. The central entrance features a six-pane door within a moulded doorcase, topped by a flat canopy supported by projecting brackets.
Local climate
Farmhouse at Mentley Farm 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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