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
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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

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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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