Farmhouse at Cheynes Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. House. 9 related planning applications.

Farmhouse at Cheynes Farm

WRENN ID
tilted-flagstone-moss
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
Farmhouse at Cheynes Farm, Warren Road, Cottered, SG9 9QD
OS grid reference
TL 317 290
Coordinates
51.94479, -0.08477
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cheynes Farm is a farmhouse that dates back to the 16th century, featuring a crosswing and a hall range that was altered in the late 16th century. There is also a one-storey kitchen wing added in the 19th century. The building is constructed of timber frame with roughcast and has steep old red tile roofs. It is a long, two-storey house with a T-plan layout, facing east. The south crosswing has three bays, jetties out at the front, and projects to the rear with a hipped west end. A large central chimney with a moulded 16th-century lintel is located at the junction of the hall and the crosswing. The entry is at the lower end of the hall, which features an axial floor beam. Inside, there is a three-centred arched brick fireplace in the parlour. The east front has four windows on each floor and an additional window in the jettied gable at the southeast, which has a canted bay below it. The windows are three-light flush transomed casement windows that have been renewed. The large red brick central chimney has three diagonally set shafts. Inside, exposed timbers can be seen, with close-studding and tension bracing in the south wing. The house was referred to as Osbournes in a will from 1577.

Local climate

Farmhouse at Cheynes 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.

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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2022
  • Related listed building consents — 9 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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