Farmhouse at Lime Tree Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. House. 3 related planning applications.

Farmhouse at Lime Tree Farm

WRENN ID
white-plaster-wren
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1984
Type
House
Address
Farmhouse at Lime Tree Farm, Cromer, Ardeley, SG2 7QA
OS grid reference
TL 297 283
Coordinates
51.93839, -0.11371
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lime Tree Farm is a 17th-century farmhouse constructed with a timber frame and roughcast finish on a stucco plinth. It features a steep old red tile roof and is a compact, two-storey square building facing west. There is a north crosswing and parallel-roofed ranges extending to the south. The main entrance is centrally located on the west side, next to a large central chimney. An external chimney with a tiled oven projection is situated on the east side. The south wall was rebuilt in the 19th century using stuccoed red brick, which includes a floor band and segmental arches above two recessed sash windows with three-over-three panes and a side door. The symmetrical west front has two windows on each floor and a central door. The windows are flush box sash types with moulded surrounds and eight-over-eight panes. The central door is a four-panel flush beaded type, also in a moulded surround, and there is an outline of a former gabled porch. The roof structure features side purlins.

Local climate

Farmhouse at Lime Tree Farm 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2011
  • 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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