Hardings Farm House and Adjacent Outhouses at End of Track 440 Metres from Road is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Hardings Farm House and Adjacent Outhouses at End of Track 440 Metres from Road

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1985
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Hardings Farm House and Adjacent Outhouses at End of Track 440 Metres from Road, CM21 0LF
OS grid reference
TL 459 158
Coordinates
51.82251, 0.11615
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Hardings Farm House and adjacent outhouses are located at the end of a track, 440 metres from the road. The house dates from the 17th century or earlier and was rewindowed in the 19th century. It is a timber-framed building that is plastered, standing two storeys high with an attic. The farmhouse features a red brick sill wall in English bond and a steep gabled roof with a bellcast at the eaves, which is now covered with slate.

The layout follows a three-unit baffle-entry plan, with a large central chimney positioned one third from the eastern end and a large external stack at the western end. The front has three windows, with vertically proportioned windows on the first floor and horizontally proportioned windows on the ground floor. There are wide pilaster strips on either side of the door, topped with a similar crosspiece that rises to a point. The entrance features a 19th-century five-panel door with bolection mouldings on the upper three panels and flush beaded panels below. Modern metal windows have been installed.

At the rear, there is a brick and slate lean-to that has been whitewashed, with one window on each floor in the eastern gable and a small window in the apex. To the west, the house is linked to a range of 18th to 19th-century outbuildings that are weatherboarded and timber-framed, topped with steep corrugated iron roofs.

Local climate

Hardings Farm House and Adjacent Outhouses at End of Track 440 Metres from Road 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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