Farmhouse at Knights Hill Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Farmhouse at Knights Hill Farm

WRENN ID
quartered-stone-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Farmhouse at Knights Hill Farm, Westmill, SG9 9LX
OS grid reference
TL 371 255
Coordinates
51.91181, -0.00773
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Knights Hill Farm is a mid-19th century farmhouse, believed to have '1853' marked on a chimney brick, with tile-hung ends added around 1913. The ground floor is constructed of red brick featuring chamfered stucco lintels. The upper floor is timber framed and jettied on all sides, showcasing a half-timbered center and red tile hung ends, adorned with a lozenge pattern of scalloped tiles on each gable. The house has a steep red tiled roof and is designed in a picturesque Gothic style, comprising two stories and an L-shape, facing west with a rear wing to the southeast.

The symmetrical front features a central gabled projection above a pilastered doorway. Decorative elements include cusped bargeboards and a heavy carved pendant above a three-light lattice window, which is embellished with vine-scroll carvings and quatrefoil double panels below. Carved brackets flank the boarded door, which has a fanlight and decorative hinge plates. On the first floor, there are two two-light windows on either side of the doorway. The ground floor has two two-light windows to the left of the door and a four-light window to the right. A large chimney is located on the rear wall at the junction with the similar half-timbered rear wing, which features a gable chimney topped with a tall castellated octagonal pot.

Local climate

Farmhouse at Knights Hill Farm 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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