Farmhouse at Broken Green is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1983. Farmhouse.
Farmhouse at Broken Green
- WRENN ID
- fallen-eave-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1983
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Farmhouse at Broken Green, Stortford Road, Standon
- OS grid reference
- TL 413 225
- Coordinates
- 51.88393, 0.05264
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a farmhouse located at Broken Green, dating from the late 17th century, with a 19th-century northern wing at the rear. The building features a timber frame that is roughcast on a low brick sill, while the rear wing is constructed of brickwork that is plastered. It has steep red tiled roofs and stands two storeys high, arranged as a three-unit structure with a lobby entry. The central chimney house includes an 18th-century external gable stack on the east side, and there is a central chimney in the large two-storey 19th-century rear wing. The south front has three windows, which are flush box sash windows with eight over eight panes. There is a gabled, tiled Gothic glazed porch aligned with the chimney, leading to a four-panel door.
Local climate
Farmhouse at Broken Green 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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