Farmhouse at Dowsetts Farm (On Track 650 Meter Past Wellington Cottages) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1967. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Farmhouse at Dowsetts Farm (On Track 650 Meter Past Wellington Cottages)
- WRENN ID
- plain-steel-sedge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Farmhouse at Dowsetts Farm (On Track 650 Meter Past Wellington Cottages), Cambridge Road, Standon, SG11 1EF
- OS grid reference
- TL 378 210
- Coordinates
- 51.87069, 0.00024
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This farmhouse at Dowsetts Farm dates from the early 17th century, with the south and west sides encased in brick in the early 19th century. It features a timber frame on a plastered brick sill. The north wing has exposed framing with plastered panels below, painted brick nogging above, and weatherboarding on the gable. The north single-storey outshut, which may have been a separate kitchen, has 17th-century brickwork. The south front and west wing are faced with red brick, while the north outshut is plastered. The house has steep old red tile roofs, hipped on the south range, and is L-shaped with two storeys. It has a three-unit central-chimney plan, with a tall moulded 17th-century chimney serving the hall and parlour on the west side. The front has four windows featuring recessed sash windows with 4/8 panes on the upper floor and 8/8 panes on the ground floor, all with segmental arches. There is a recessed pilastered doorcase within a 20th-century gabled glazed porch, and a casement window on the north wing with a side-purlin roof.
Local climate
Farmhouse at Dowsetts Farm (On Track 650 Meter Past Wellington Cottages) 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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