Holmes Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
Holmes Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- young-floor-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Holmes Farmhouse, Walkern, SG2 7JD
- OS grid reference
- TL 311 248
- Coordinates
- 51.90699, -0.09496
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Holmes Farmhouse is a house dating from the 17th century or earlier. It has a timber frame on a brick sill, with roughcast plastering and a steep roof covered in old red tiles. The front ground floor is cased in 18th-century red brick. The house is a tall two-story building facing east, with a higher crosswing to the north and a rear section that projects. The gabled crosswing includes two stories, an attic, and a cellar, with the staircase located in the rear portion. A door is situated next to the crosswing, and a large central chimney rises through the front roof slope, creating a narrow room between the chimney and the south end. There is one window on each floor in the main house and the crosswing. The windows are 3-light flush casements, with a 2-light window in the attic. The roof features a side-purlin structure. A 3-light diamond mullioned window is visible in the north wall of the crosswing. A later internal chimney is located at the north end.
Local climate
Holmes Farmhouse 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 86% 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 57% 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2025
- 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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