Hill Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. House.

Hill Farm

WRENN ID
sunken-cinder-larch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 December 1984
Type
House
Address
Hill Farm, Anstey
OS grid reference
TL 403 324
Coordinates
51.97279, 0.04178
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hill Farm is a house from the 17th century that was altered in the early 19th century. It features a timber frame set on a stuccoed sill, with roughcast walls and red tile roofs that have box eaves. The building is L-shaped and low, with two storeys, facing north and having a rear wing on the southeast. Originally designed as a three-cell, one-and-a-half storey house with an internal chimney, the walls have been raised to two full storeys. An additional west bay was added, which has a lower plinth, and there is likely a gabled rear wing with an end chimney.

The north front has four windows, which are two-light, small pane, flush casements with moulded surrounds. The windows on the ground floor are taller. There is a separate door leading to the east room at the eastern end of the house, with a chimney situated between this room and the hall. The central door, which is raised by two steps, also has a moulded surround. At the rear, there is a boarded door opposite the central door, with a lean-to porch flanked by two-light casements. Additionally, there is a separate door to the kitchen wing, which has two- and three-light 19th-century casement windows.

Local climate

Hill Farm sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% 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 59% 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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