Church Gate is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. House. 3 related planning applications.
Church Gate
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- 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
- Church Gate, 1 and 2, Church Lane, Therfield, SG8 9QD
- OS grid reference
- TL 335 371
- Coordinates
- 52.0164, -0.05557
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Gate is a late 16th-century house, originally a single dwelling, which has been altered and extended in the 20th century and is now divided into two dwellings. The house is timber-framed, with rendered and some weatherboarded sections, and has a thatched roof. It comprises a two-storey, two-bay 'hall' range, with a two-storey and attic cross wing to the right.
The front of the building has two entrances. To the left is a three-light flush frame casement window. The first floor is jettied with curved braces to the main bearers, carrying one, two, and three-light flush frame casement windows. The cross wing has a weatherboarded gable with a small attic casement. An axial red brick stack, with four diagonally set flues, rises on the ridge where the hall meets the wing. The right return is also jettied, featuring a dragon beam at the angle and curved braces similar to the front. There is a small-pane horizontal sliding sash window on the ground floor, and a three-light casement window on the first floor. A weatherboarded gable is visible to the rear of the cross wing, alongside a 20th-century outshout. Casement windows are located to the rear of the main range.
A lower, two-bay 20th-century block with a tiled roof has been added to the left, including a lean-to projection to the front and gabled dormers.
Inside, the house features moulded binding beams, close studding, and a clasped purlin roof.
Local climate
Church Gate sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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