26 and 28, Ashendene Road is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 April 1988. House. 4 related planning applications.
26 and 28, Ashendene Road
- WRENN ID
- waiting-alcove-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 April 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- 26 and 28, Ashendene Road, Bayford, SG13 8PX
- OS grid reference
- TL 308 082
- Coordinates
- 51.75771, -0.10544
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a mid-18th century house, originally built as a single dwelling, and later divided into two separate houses. It was further extended to the south during the 20th century. The building is constructed of red brick with blue headers in a Flemish bond pattern and has a hipped roof covered with steep old red tiles. It is set back slightly from the road, facing east.
The main building is L-shaped and two storeys high, with a single-storey rear wing to the northwest. It was designed with a symmetrical facade of three windows, featuring a central entrance. A decorative eaves band with dentil corbels runs along the top of the building. The ground floor windows are arched, and the upper floor windows are flush-faced mullioned casements with rectangular leaded glazing and iron opening lights. The windows are three-light units, except for those above the present pair of boarded entrance doors, which are two-light. A tall chimney is centrally located on the ridge of the roof. The roof has been extended to the south over a three-light window above a double door leading into a garage, which has a room above it.
The rear wing has a west-facing gable parapet incorporating a gable chimney. The north side of the wing has two windows and a central door. The front door is a flush-bead six-panel door with the two upper panels glazed.
Local climate
26 and 28, Ashendene Road 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 88% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- 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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