Clay Chimneys is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1985. House.

Clay Chimneys

WRENN ID
winding-finial-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1985
Type
House
Address
Clay Chimneys, 3 4, Albury Road, Furneux Pelham
OS grid reference
TL 444 275
Coordinates
51.92744, 0.0995
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Clay Chimneys is a building located on the east side of Albury Road in Furneux Pelham, dating from the 17th to 18th century. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a thatched roof. The structure is one storey high with attics, featuring two dormer windows on the south elevation and casement windows throughout. There are two gable stacks present. A 19th-century two-storey addition has been made to the west, constructed of brick with a slate roof and double-hung sash windows. Additionally, there are modern additions at the rear of the building.

Local climate

Clay Chimneys sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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