Almin, and Manor Farm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. House.

Almin, and Manor Farm Cottage

WRENN ID
sacred-merlon-candle
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
Almin, and Manor Farm Cottage, Luffenhall Street, Ardeley
OS grid reference
TL 293 286
Coordinates
51.94157, -0.12012
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Almin and Manor Farm Cottage is a house, now divided into two homes, dating from the 17th century and altered in the 18th century. The building features a timber frame that is roughcast, with a weatherboarded apron. The ground floor has a red brick 18th-century replacement along the front wall that includes a projecting oven. The roofs are steep and covered with old red tiles.

The house is two storeys high with a three-cell plan, facing west, and has a one-and-a-half storey northern extension. A tall red brick central chimney, with an added flue at the front, is a prominent feature. The northern part, known as Almin, has a two-light wooden casement window on each floor, a panelled door, and a similar window in the northern extension. Above the door is a sun firemark numbered 103631. Inside, there are unjowled posts, an exposed frame, and a chamfered axial beam with an ogee stop at the northern end only, along with side-purlin roofs for both the house and the northern extension.

The southern part, known as Manor Farm Cottage, has painted brickwork on the ground floor, with two lower windows and a lean-to porch that is roughcast and tiled. This part was formerly used as a shop, with a barn located in the southern section.

Local climate

Almin, and Manor Farm Cottage 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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