The Old Bakehouse is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. House. 1 related planning application.
The Old Bakehouse
- WRENN ID
- idle-mullion-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Bakehouse, 1, the Square, Braughing, SG11 2QS
- OS grid reference
- TL 397 251
- Coordinates
- 51.90748, 0.03003
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Bakehouse is a house located in Braughing village, dating from the 17th century or earlier. It features a timber frame that is roughcast on a stucco plinth, topped with a steep old red tiled roof. This long, two-storey house faces north and has a rear lean-to outshot in brick on the eastern part.
The building has a central red brick chimney and an external gable chimney on the western end, along with an internal gable chimney at the eastern end. The north front includes three windows on the first floor, which are Yorkshire sliding casements with small panes. There are two plank doors, each with a moulded surround and a flat hood, connecting to a nearby two-light flush casement window in the middle of the house. Additionally, there is a three-light casement window near the right-hand end and a small rectangular bay window at the left-hand end. The eastern gable facing the road has two two-light casement windows and a dripboard at the eaves level.
Local climate
The Old Bakehouse 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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