The Pond House at Bugby's Farm (Along Track 500 Metres from Road) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. House. 5 related planning applications.

The Pond House at Bugby's Farm (Along Track 500 Metres from Road)

WRENN ID
twisted-parapet-winter
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1984
Type
House
Address
The Pond House at Bugby's Farm (Along Track 500 Metres from Road), SG11 1JS
OS grid reference
TL 347 239
Coordinates
51.89756, -0.04296
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Pond House at Bugby's Farm is a house that dates back to the 16th century, with an east wing from that period, a late 16th or early 17th century hall, and a west crosswing. The building underwent alterations in the late 18th century and late 20th century. It features a timber frame that is plastered, with weatherboarding at the apex of the gables on the west wing, and has steep old red tile roofs.

The house consists of a two-bay east parlour wing, a late two-storey hall, and a west service wing. There is a lobby entry from the north, which includes a late 18th-century stair and a small central chimney that likely replaced a larger timber-framed double smokehood. The east end has a late 18th-century external gable chimney for the kitchen, and the west wing was probably divided around the same time.

The north front has three windows on each floor, along with a small window above a lean-to porch from the 20th century, located in the angle of the projecting gabled wing on the right. The windows are 20th-century flush two-light casements. The south side features three windows on each floor, with small hoods and leaded glazing. There is a half-glazed door with a small hood in the middle of the hall range.

One tie-beam from the former transverse roof of the east wing remains visible. The west wing has a two-bay clasped-purlin roof with wind braces, and the ground floor displays exposed framing. Additionally, there is a three-bay 17th-century barn attached to the east end that has been converted for domestic use. The farmhouse was named The Pond House in the mid-20th century.

Local climate

The Pond House at Bugby's Farm (Along Track 500 Metres from Road) 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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