Farmhouse at Latchford Farm (By the Ford on the River Rib) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1983. Farmhouse.

Farmhouse at Latchford Farm (By the Ford on the River Rib)

WRENN ID
third-spindle-violet
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 Latchford Farm (By the Ford on the River Rib), Morley Lane, Standon
OS grid reference
TL 394 205
Coordinates
51.86601, 0.02318
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Farmhouse at Latchford Farm, by the ford on the River Rib, is an early 18th-century building. It features a timber frame with roughcast exterior on a red brick sill and has a hipped old red tile roof that extends down at the rear over an original outshot. The small two-storey house faces south and has a symmetrical front with two windows and a central door. There are two chimney stacks located on the rear walls of the main rooms. The windows are flush two-light casements with small dripboards. The entrance includes a four-panel flush beaded door with glazing in the upper part, framed by a simple doorcase and a flat hood supported by shaped brackets.

Local climate

Farmhouse at Latchford Farm (By the Ford on the River Rib) 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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