Elm Trees is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. House.

Elm Trees

WRENN ID
salt-garret-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1985
Type
House
Address
Elm Trees, London Road, Thorley
OS grid reference
TL 488 187
Coordinates
51.84759, 0.15931
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Elm Trees is a house dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is a small one and a half storey building with a thatched roof and plastered timber framing, sitting on an old red brick plinth that has been rendered over. The building likely had a non-domestic origin. It features a central stack from the 18th century and an inserted floor with exposed joists, originally serving as two houses but now functioning as one. The front has two small modern casement windows on the ground floor, one at each end, with an attic window beneath the thatched half-hip. There are modern extensions to the rear that are not of special interest. An old iron dump is located next to the house on the south side.

Local climate

Elm Trees sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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