The Hoops is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
The Hoops
- WRENN ID
- long-jamb-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Hoops, 8, Chapel End, Buntingford, SG9 9AL
- OS grid reference
- TL 362 292
- Coordinates
- 51.94546, -0.01845
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hoops is a house dating from the late 17th century, possibly raised in height in the early 19th century. It features a timber frame resting on a stucco sill, with a roughcast exterior. The steep roof is now covered with slate and has box eaves and a flat soffit. This long, two-storey house faces south and has a three-cell, lobby-entry layout with a central chimney. There is an angled extension to the east and a long single-storey extension at the left, which is also slated and roughcast. The front of the house displays irregular window arrangements, including three flush box-sashed upper windows with 8/8 panes, two similar ground floor windows, and a two-light casement window with small panes. There are two plank doors with small hoods, which have been renewed. This building was formerly a public house and is described as a picturesque riverside structure.
Local climate
The Hoops 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 2022
- 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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