Ballslough Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1975. Farmhouse.

Ballslough Farmhouse

WRENN ID
eastward-remnant-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 August 1975
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Ballslough Farmhouse, Kimpton Road
OS grid reference
TL 180 183
Coordinates
51.85162, -0.28783
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ballslough Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates back to the 16th century and was extended to form an L shape in the 17th century. It features a red brick casing from the 18th century and early 19th century, with a plain tile roof. The building has two storeys and the road-facing elevation includes two half-hipped gable ends that show exposed studwork, which is more prominent on the eastern side. At the western end, there is a single-storey weatherboarded shed. The main range consists of four parts and has three segmental-headed glazing-bar casements on the western side. The two bays closest to the road are the oldest and contain a large 16th-century inglenook fireplace with a roll-moulded lintel in the middle. The two bays furthest from the road date from the 18th century and 1825, as indicated by a dated brick, and feature brick dentilled eaves. There is a ridge chimney stack made up of joined square shafts.

Local climate

Ballslough Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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