Chantry House is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. House. 1 related planning application.

Chantry House

WRENN ID
spare-finial-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 May 1968
Type
House
Address
Chantry House, 31, West End, Ashwell, SG7 5PH
OS grid reference
TL 263 394
Coordinates
52.03927, -0.1589
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Chantry House is a house dating from the 15th century, with alterations made in the 17th century. It is timber-framed and has walls of clunch, plaster, and painted brick. The steeply pitched thatched roof covers a single storey and attics. The front elevation features three casement windows; the ground-floor windows have leaded lights, while those in the dormers have glazing bars. The right-hand end walls are of clunch. A blocked 15th-century stone window remains, with traces of two cinquefoiled lights. 17th-century red brick stacks are located to the left centre and at the right gable end. A thatched lean-to with clunch walls extends from the right-hand end. Inside, two trusses enclose the central stack. To the right of the stack is a 17th-century cable-moulded beam. An inglenook fireplace is situated on the right end, blocking the earlier 15th-century window.

Local climate

Chantry House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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