Church Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. A C17 House, farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.
Church Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- fallen-cinder-crag
- 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, farmhouse
- Address
- Church Farmhouse, Ashanger Lane, Clothall, SG7 6RG
- OS grid reference
- TL 270 318
- Coordinates
- 51.97081, -0.15137
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Farmhouse is a late 17th-century house, possibly with an earlier structure at its core, incorporating some details from the late 18th century. It is timber-framed and originally had red brick casing. The roof is hipped and covered with plain tiles. The house is two storeys high with attics, arranged on a square plan, with two rooms on each side. The front elevation has three sash windows, the central one being blank. A late 18th-century six-panel door is set within a 20th-century pedimented doorcase, flanked by canted sash windows with coved wooden cornices. A large coved wooden cornice runs around the entire building. A plinth and floor band are also visible. The left return elevation features two flush sashes on the upper floor, while the ground floor has a late 17th-century three-light mullioned casement window. A gabled attic dormer is present. The rear elevation is plastered. The roof consists of two spans. A 17th-century casement window is located on the lower right side. A large ridge chimney stack, constructed of four joined shafts, is prominent. Inside, there is a good late 17th-century newel staircase leading to the attic, with restored balusters. Large inglenooks are found on the ground floor, and late 17th-century fireplaces are on the upper floor. Several late 17th-century doors are also present.
Local climate
Church Farmhouse 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- 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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