Ford End is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. House. 3 related planning applications.
Ford End
- WRENN ID
- sharp-lead-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ford End, the Ford, Little Hadham, SG11 2BS
- OS grid reference
- TL 436 221
- Coordinates
- 51.879, 0.08495
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ford End is a 17th-century house located on the east side of The Ford in Little Hadham. This tall and unusually large building has two storeys and attics, constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, facing west. It features a gabled old red tile roof with two large gables at the front. The house has a lobby entry plan, with a large central chimney and an off-centre door to the south. The ground floor has been rebuilt in painted brick, complete with a plinth. The front has four windows, which are 19th-century three-light small paned wooden casements. There is a six-panel door located beneath a small flat canopy supported by shaped brackets. The central chimney is made of red brick with square joined shafts. The front displays panelled pargetting with varied patterns, while the south end is weatherboarded. The house is situated in an important position at a bend in the road at the northern end of the village.
Local climate
Ford End 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
- 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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