The Well House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. House. 1 related planning application.
The Well House
- WRENN ID
- blind-niche-flax
- 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 Well House, the Causeway, Furneux Pelham, SG9 0LN
- OS grid reference
- TL 431 279
- Coordinates
- 51.9313, 0.08019
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Well House is a 17th century or earlier building located on the west side of The Causeway in Furneux Pelham. It features a timber frame that is plastered and weatherboarded, topped with a tiled roof. The structure is two stories high, with a main central range and a cross wing at the southern end, both gabled at each end. The windows include double hung sash windows and casement windows. A modern timber canopy with supporting posts is positioned over the main entrance doorway. Notable architectural features include a large early central chimney stack with shafts set diagonally, as well as a large external chimney stack on the east elevation.
Local climate
The Well House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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