Bakehouse Immediately North of Number 2 is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1984. Bakehouse.
Bakehouse Immediately North of Number 2
- WRENN ID
- nether-plaster-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1984
- Type
- Bakehouse
- Address
- Bakehouse Immediately North of Number 2, Church Lane, Kimpton, SG4 8RP
- OS grid reference
- TL 177 184
- Coordinates
- 51.852, -0.29236
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This small bakehouse, located immediately north of number 2, was built in 1741, as indicated by an inscription on the brick. It features chequered red brick and has a steep plain tile roof. There is a large internal gable end stack on the east side. Inside, it contains an open hearth and a bread oven. The south side has a central plank door set in a 18th-century moulded oak frame, along with one fixed casement window in a pegged frame. To the west, there is a 19th-century extension that is weatherboarded and has a slate roof.
Local climate
Bakehouse Immediately North of Number 2 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
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