Granary South of Farmhouse at Finches Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. Granary, store. 3 related planning applications.
Granary South of Farmhouse at Finches Farm
- WRENN ID
- silver-window-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1984
- Type
- Granary, store
- Address
- Granary South of Farmhouse at Finches Farm, Town Lane, Benington, SG2 7LA
- OS grid reference
- TL 305 233
- Coordinates
- 51.89315, -0.10406
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The granary south of the farmhouse at Finches Farm is a late 18th-century structure that has been repurposed as a coalhouse and store. It features a timber frame raised on a tarred red brick plinth and is dark weatherboarded with a steep red tile roof. This tall, single-storey granary is oriented east-west and is located slightly to the south of the house, with a door at each end. The west gable has a central boarded door with a ladder. Inside, there is a heavy framed suspended ground floor and loft floor, with bins remaining along the sides of the ground floor. The roof is supported by side purlins. The eastern half of the granary has been altered, revealing red brick from a former hearth at the east end. The south side features two small openings near the eaves, one of which is louvred and the other glazed. This building is included for its group value with the farmhouse.
Local climate
Granary South of Farmhouse at Finches 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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