The Old Croft, (On North Corner of Little Lane) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. A C18 House.
The Old Croft, (On North Corner of Little Lane)
- WRENN ID
- moated-finial-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Croft, (On North Corner of Little Lane), Wyddial Road, Buntingford
- OS grid reference
- TL 362 297
- Coordinates
- 51.94953, -0.01832
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Croft is a house located on the north corner of Little Lane, dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century, with a taller west parlour wing added in the early 18th century. It features a timber frame set on a stuccoed plinth, with a plastered upper section over red brick nogging. The east gable displays remnants of old fan pargetting, and the building is topped with steep thatched roofs.
The structure includes a long single-storey range facing south, with rooms formed in the roof. The older part consists of three cells and has a central brick chimney from the 18th century inserted a third of the way from the east in the older chimney-bay. There are three rear-wall chimneys. The front of the house has three windows in the older section, a door leading into the west bay, and two eyebrow dormer windows. It features small-paned flush casement windows and a battened door. The two-storey west part is two windows wide and includes a door and window at the west end. The older section has a side-purlin roof, with cut-through tie beams and an arch-brace to the tie beam west of the stack.
Local climate
The Old Croft, (On North Corner of Little Lane) 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
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