The Darlings 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.
The Darlings
- WRENN ID
- fossil-joist-plum
- 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
- The Darlings, Ardeley, SG2 7AZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 324 254
- Coordinates
- 51.91171, -0.07624
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Darlings is a house dating from the late 17th or early 18th century. It is timber-framed with roughcast plastering on the upper portion and the ground floor cased in 18th-century red brick. The roof is covered with steep old red tiles. The house has a central-chimney plan, facing west, with three bays. A red brick chimney is centrally located, roughly a third of the way from the south end, and there is an internal gable chimney at the north end, dating from the 19th century. The front eaves overhang, with a plastered soffit. There are three windows on each floor; the lower windows are arched with segmental arches. The windows are 3-light flush casements with wooden frames. A 4-panel flush beaded door is present. A 19th-century rear extension exists.
Local climate
The Darlings 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1998
- 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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