Gravesend Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1985. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Gravesend Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- silver-finial-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1985
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Gravesend Farmhouse, Albury, SG11 2LW
- OS grid reference
- TL 439 257
- Coordinates
- 51.91187, 0.09155
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gravesend Farmhouse is an 18th century building with a timber frame and plaster exterior, topped by a half hipped tile roof. The structure has an L-shaped plan and stands two storeys tall, featuring casement windows. The front entrance boasts a six-panelled door with decorative surrounds and a small canopy supported by modillions. Additionally, there are three small chimney stacks on the main range.
Local climate
Gravesend Farmhouse 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 — 2 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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