Hen House at Old Green Street Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. Hen house. 4 related planning applications.
Hen House at Old Green Street Farm
- WRENN ID
- dark-cinder-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 April 1985
- Type
- Hen house
- Address
- Hen House at Old Green Street Farm, Little Hadham, Ware, SG11 2EE
- OS grid reference
- TL 454 220
- Coordinates
- 51.87807, 0.11159
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The hen house at Old Green Street Farm is a timber-framed structure dating from the mid- to late 18th century. It is one of two remaining parts of what was once a range of four buildings that included a barn, stables, and granary.
The exterior features a weather-boarded finish beneath a thatched roof. Located in the north-east section of the former farmstead, this low, single-story gabled building was originally the south-easterly end of the original range. It has two doors and a small opening at ground floor level.
Inside, the hen house is divided into two spaces, each with its own entrance. The roof consists of coupled rafters that oversail the wallplate, while the principal rafters rest on posts. The thatch is laid directly onto widely-spaced laths. At the south end, there is a timber trough attached to the wall, and the north space contains nesting boxes made of machine-cut timber boards. The walls are made of weather boarding attached to studs, reinforced with straight diagonal braces.
Local climate
Hen House at Old Green Street Farm 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 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2024
- 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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