Farmhouse at Lites Farm is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

Farmhouse at Lites Farm

WRENN ID
errant-bonework-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 May 1984
Type
House
Address
Farmhouse at Lites Farm, Ardeley, SG2 7BA
OS grid reference
TL 323 255
Coordinates
51.91286, -0.07683
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The farmhouse at Lites Farm is a late 16th-century building that was altered in the early 19th century. It features a timber frame set on a stucco plinth and is roughcast with a steeply pitched roof that is now slated. The house is small, with one and a half storeys, consisting of two cells and a central chimney, and it faces south.

The structure has three bays, with a cut tie-beam located a third of the way from the west end, and a 17th-century chimney built against it on the east side. The parlour is situated at the east end and includes chamfered axial joists and provisions for a stair. The eastern part of the house has been rebuilt in the 18th century, featuring a fireplace that incorporates an oven, with chamfered axial beams supported off the fireplace lintel. The walls have curved tension braces and jowled posts.

The south front has two windows, a central gabled porch, and a large gabled dormer on the eaves of the eastern part. The windows are three-light flush casement types, and there is a four-panel flush beaded door. The farmhouse is mentioned in the Court Roll of 1674 and may have originally been a medieval manor house.

Local climate

Farmhouse at Lites 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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