Little Court, to East of River Rib is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. House. 1 related planning application.

Little Court, to East of River Rib

WRENN ID
white-storey-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1951
Type
House
Address
Little Court, to East of River Rib, Wyddial Road, Buntingford, SG9 9AU
OS grid reference
TL 364 297
Coordinates
51.94984, -0.01657
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Little Court, located to the east of the River Rib, is a house built in the early 19th century on the site of a brick house from 1598 that was demolished in 1819. The west wing was added in the early 20th century, with later alterations. The main block features reused narrow red brick, while the rear parts are made of red brick, all topped with red tiled roofs.

This tall, symmetrical house has two storeys and attics, facing east with a gambrel roof and end chimneys. It has single-storey crenelated wings set back on each side, with the entrance now located on the south side of the south wing. The front displays a projected eaves cornice, three swept dormers featuring two-light Yorkshire sliding casements, and three recessed sash windows on the upper floor with plastered reveals, arranged in a pattern of 6/6, 3/3, and 6/6 panes. The ground floor has three taller windows with flush box sash windows beneath flat gauged arches, each with 12/12 panes.

The west extension, designed in the Arts and Crafts style, has one and a half storeys and features an entrance on the south side with a linked mullioned window and door, as well as three tall oak oriel windows on the north side, one adorned with lead decorative vents in a lattice window reminiscent of Lethaby's style. The two-storey west block includes a Wren-style entrance at the southeast, which has a segmental pediment above a vertical panelled door set in a bolection moulded surround.

Local climate

Little Court, to East of 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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