Farmhouse at Cherry Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.
Farmhouse at Cherry Farm
- WRENN ID
- late-bronze-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Farmhouse at Cherry Farm, Ardeley, SG2 7BD
- OS grid reference
- TL 325 253
- Coordinates
- 51.91117, -0.07425
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The farmhouse at Cherry Farm is an early 17th-century house that incorporates a 16th-century south wing. It features a timber frame set on a stepped red brick plinth and is roughcast with steep old red tile roofs. The building is two stories tall and has a T-plan layout with a central chimney and a lobby-entry plan, facing east. There is a single-storey and attic rear service wing. The older crosswing at the south end has floors at lower levels, and its front gable has been altered to a hip roof.
Inside, the hall is located to the south of the central chimney, with a spacious stair that projects into the rear wing. The kitchen is situated to the north of the stack, with a narrow service room at the north end. The front range consists of five structural bays. The east front has three windows on each floor, with a door aligned with a tall red brick central chimney that features a moulded base and five conjoined diagonal shafts. The windows are flush three-light wooden casements with small panes, and the door is a four-panel flush-beaded type with an inclined hood supported by shaped brackets.
There is a 18th-century three-light Gothick window on the rear wall of the chamber above the kitchen. The 16th-century east crosswing has heavy jowled posts, cambered tie-beams, and a side purlin roof. Originally unheated, it now has an 18th-century external rear gable chimney serving the ground floor. The main range has a side-purlin roof with later arched braces bolted under the truss collars.
Local climate
Farmhouse at Cherry 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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- Related listed building consents — 2 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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