Farmhouse at Home Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. House. 3 related planning applications.
Farmhouse at Home Farm
- WRENN ID
- peeling-banister-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Farmhouse at Home Farm, Chapel Lane, Little Hadham
- OS grid reference
- TL 433 219
- Coordinates
- 51.87733, 0.08141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Home Farm is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century, with additions made in the mid-19th century. It is timber-framed and has one and a half storeys, with a plastered hall-house facing east. There is a two-storey cross wing on the south side that projects to the rear. The building features steep old red tile half-hipped roofs. The exterior includes basketwork pargetting with a palmette band at floor level and a single fleur-de-lis in panels above the windows.
A 19th-century west range has been added parallel to the hall, which includes a small two-storey gabled cross wing on the northwest, creating a square plan with a recessed center on the west. Wooden brackets support the wall plate, mimicking a Wealden house style. The external plasterwork decoration extends over the 19th-century parts, and there are wooden casements with dripboards fitted throughout.
On the west side, there is a canted bay window with a tiled roof, a similar oriel window, and a lean-to enclosed porch on the east. The older cross wing features a large central chimney with two tall red brick square shafts connected by a projecting cap. Inside, the first floor displays exposed posts and tie beams in both the cross wing and hall range. The staircase on the north side of the chimney has been altered in the 19th century. Additionally, there is a large 19th-century chimney on the west side with three square shafts designed to imitate the older chimney.
Local climate
Farmhouse at Home Farm 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 — 2 transactions since 2004
- 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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