Gosmore Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. House. 3 related planning applications.
Gosmore Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- solitary-iron-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1966
- Type
- House
- Address
- Gosmore Farmhouse, 19, Hebing End, Benington, SG2 7DD
- OS grid reference
- TL 310 227
- Coordinates
- 51.88808, -0.09752
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gosmore Farmhouse is a house built in the mid-17th century. It is constructed of red brick in an irregular bond and features a steep old red tile hipped roof. This large, symmetrical, two-storey square house has three windows on each side and a prominent central chimney. The building faces east and includes a projecting plinth, an ovolo-moulded band at the first floor, and a moulded brick cornice. The heavy framed three-light nearly flush casement windows have horizontal proportions and chamfered brick jambs. To the left of the front door, there is one window, and two on the south side of the ground floor have been altered to accommodate sash windows with six-over-six panes. The front door, which has been renewed, is a six-panel door set in a heavy frame, with a plastered surround and an oval window above. The large chimney features a diagonal square shaft surrounded by four tall octagonal shafts. The north side has blocked windows and buttresses. Inside, the farmhouse contains beams and crossbeams, wide fireplaces, four panelled doors on the ground floor, and four boarded doors with iron strap hinges on the first floor.
Local climate
Gosmore Farmhouse 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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