The Barbery is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1981. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Barbery
- WRENN ID
- mired-rubblework-hemlock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 October 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Barbery, 55, London Road, Sawbridgeworth, CM21 9JH
- OS grid reference
- TL 481 149
- Coordinates
- 51.81316, 0.14734
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Barbery is an early 19th-century, two-storey house located on the west side of London Road. It features a two-window facade made of stucco with a slate roof and internal gable chimneys constructed from red brick. At the rear, there are irregular lean-to and gabled additions from the late 19th century, which have stucco walls, slate roofs, and casement windows. The front of the building has projecting eaves, two flush box sash windows with architraves, six-over-six panes, and louvred shutters. There are also two modern wooden shop fronts and a painted plinth. The northern gable includes a large chimney and a short stretch of steep slated roof, along with front and rear walls that are remnants of the 17th-century Kings Head Inn, which has since been demolished. The Barbery is listed for its group value.
Local climate
The Barbery 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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