Horseshoe Villa is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. A C18 House. 1 related planning application.

Horseshoe Villa

WRENN ID
dreaming-corridor-hyssop
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
Horseshoe Villa, Munden Road, Little Munden, SG12 0LP
OS grid reference
TL 332 213
Coordinates
51.87473, -0.06566
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Horseshoe Villa is an 18th-century house located on Munden Road in Little Munden. The building features a timber frame that is roughcast, with a weatherboarded apron and a weatherboarded west end, while the front is panelled roughcast. It has a steep roof with an old red tile rear slope that extends down as a catslide over a rear outshut. The front slope of the roof is now slated, with a plastered soffit at the front eaves.

This two-storey, two-unit house faces south and has a projecting gable chimney on the east side, which was rebuilt in 19th-century red brick, and a rear lateral chimney on the west side. The front is symmetrical with three windows and a central door. The windows are flush box sash style with moulded architraves and 8/8 panes. The central door is a six-panel design with a moulded surround and features a flat hood supported by iron brackets. Additionally, there is a 20th-century dormer on the rear catslide roof.

Local climate

Horseshoe Villa 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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