Noah's Ark is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. A Early C18 House.
Noah's Ark
- WRENN ID
- pitched-trefoil-raven
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Noah's Ark, Fanhams Hall Road, Wareside
- OS grid reference
- TL 377 159
- Coordinates
- 51.82489, -0.00189
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Noah's Ark is a house dating from the early 18th century, with an extension marked 'EC 1831' on the rainwater heads. It has a timber frame that is plastered, with the southern side partly covered in brick. There are brick extensions at the front and rear, featuring stucco labels above the windows. The house has steep roofs that are now slated and is two storeys high with a three-unit plan, facing south. It includes end chimneys, an external gable stack, and a former winding stair at the west end, along with an internal gable stack at the east where the gable is angled to the sidewalls. The south parlour wing, added in 1831, has two and a half storeys and contains the main entrance and a new staircase. There is also a contemporary small two-storeyed gabled wing at the rear. The older part of the house features a mix of casement windows and sash windows on the ground floor. The south wing has recessed sash windows with 6/6 panes and moulded stucco labels, while the southwest part of the old range has brick facing. The front door is adorned with reeded pilasters and shaped brackets supporting a flat panelled hood. Inside, the house has chamfered axial beams, cast iron basket grates, and a two-panel door.
Local climate
Noah's Ark 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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