Farmhouse at Manor Farm is a Grade II* listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 October 1952. House. 4 related planning applications.

Farmhouse at Manor Farm

WRENN ID
shadowed-attic-ivy
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 October 1952
Type
House
Address
Farmhouse at Manor Farm, High Street, Walkern, SG2 7PG
OS grid reference
TL 289 265
Coordinates
51.92246, -0.12621
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

House. Built around 1700. The main part of the house is of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, with darker bricks used decoratively on the front elevation. A rear service wing is timber framed and plastered. The house has steep, old red tile roofs and is arranged in an L-shape, facing east. It is two storeys high with attics.

The symmetrical front range has three panes wide. The roof bellcast to the eaves with a wooden cornice, breaking forward at the ends and over a central brick panel with pilasters. There are two windows on each side of the front elevation on each floor. The windows are flush box sashes with gauged flat arches, moulded architraves and 6/6 panes. A plinth and moulded floorband run around the house. The central front door is six-panelled, raised and fielded, with a matching overdoor set in a wooden doorcase recessed within a surround of fluted pilasters, paired panelled brackets, and a moulded flat hood. Internal gable chimneys are present. Moulded brick corbels support kneelers for the brick gable parapets. Four small openings are present in the south gable.

A lower, two-storey brick kitchen wing is located to the rear and features a large gable chimney. A stair tower is situated in the rear angle. The interior is notable for raised and fielded panelled rooms on the ground floor, and dado panelling and moulded cornices on the first floor. A moulded closed string staircase with fat turned balusters and moulded newel offsets, carved from solid wood, rises through three floors. Two-panel raised and fielded doors are used throughout. A bolection moulded fire surround is located in the north room on the first floor. The property was formerly named Walkern Place.

Local climate

Farmhouse at Manor 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.

More on this building

Sign in or create a free account to unlock:

  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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
Create free account

Matched applications, energy data and sale records are assembled automatically and may contain errors. Flag incorrect data.

Similar buildings

The closest matches to this building from all 493,000 UK listed buildings, by architecture, period and materials.

Nearby listed buildings

  1. 56, High Street Grade II 69 m
  2. Walkern Free Church (United Reformed Methodist) Grade II 100 m
  3. The White Lion Public House (On Corner of Winters Lane) Grade II 136 m
  4. Oakbeam Grade II* 143 m
  5. 33, High Street Grade II 152 m
  6. Wych Elm Cottage Grade II 180 m
  7. Redlyn Grade II 188 m
  8. Vale House Grade II 191 m
  9. Lyndhurst Grade II 218 m
  10. 78, High Street Grade II 230 m