Moonrakers is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. A Georgian House.
Moonrakers
- WRENN ID
- open-moulding-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- House
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Moonrakers, 28, Green End, Braughing
- OS grid reference
- TL 393 253
- Coordinates
- 51.90911, 0.02503
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Moonrakers is a house located in Braughing village, dating from the 18th century or earlier. The building is plastered and colourwashed, topped with a steep thatched roof that is hipped at the south end. It features a three-unit layout with a central chimney and faces east. The house has two storeys and includes three windows, with two small windows situated between them. The first floor has two-light casements, while the ground floor has two bays, all featuring small panes. At the south end, there is a lean-to tiled enclosed porch that has a 20th-century battened door. A large chimney is positioned one-third from the south end, along with an external gable chimney at the north end.
Local climate
Moonrakers 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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