Peartrees is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1976. A C16 House.
Peartrees
- WRENN ID
- muffled-screen-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- Peartrees, Ardeley
- OS grid reference
- TL 325 254
- Coordinates
- 51.91143, -0.07465
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Peartrees is a house dating from the early 16th century, originally designed as an open hall house. In the late 17th century, a floor and a central chimney were added to the hall, with a wood block marked 'WN. RS 1673' found loose inside the house possibly dating these alterations. The building features a timber frame that is roughcast, topped with a steep roof now covered in asbestos tiles.
The house has a small three-unit plan and faces north, consisting of two storeys in the western part, which is roofed as a crosswing, and one storey with an attic in the eastern part, which is divided axially into service rooms. The central chimney and lobby entry occupy the western bay of the hall. The northern front has three windows and a gabled porch, with a gabled dormer on the roof slope to the left of the porch. The central chimney aligns with the porch, and there is a gabled two-storey wing on the right featuring a half-timbered gable, with one window on each floor and an end lean-to extension.
Local climate
Peartrees 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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