Woodland is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. House. 5 related planning applications.
Woodland
- WRENN ID
- small-zinc-onyx
- 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
- Woodland, Whempstead Road, Benington, SG2 7DH
- OS grid reference
- TL 310 220
- Coordinates
- 51.88138, -0.09766
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Woodland is a house dating from the 17th century or earlier, renovated with lower extensions built in the 20th century. It is timber-framed with a stucco plinth, roughcast render, and a steep thatched roof, half-hipped at the east end. Hipped thatched roofs are present on the later end extensions. The house originally had a two-cell, single-storey and attic plan, facing north, with a central chimney. A break in the plinth marks the location of a central lobby entrance, originally beside the chimney and where the staircase is now situated. The original part of the house has two windows and two gabled dormers above. It has flush casement windows with three lights. A single-flue red brick chimney has been extended to the rear and recapped. The interior features exposed axial beams and joists, and an open fire with a timber lintol. An angled corner entrance is located at the northwest side, featuring a pointed doorway with a boarded door. Each extension has one casement window to the front.
Local climate
Woodland 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 — 3 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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