The Limes is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Limes
- WRENN ID
- eternal-rotunda-marsh
- 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
- The Limes, 63, High Street, Barkway, SG8 8EB
- OS grid reference
- TL 384 355
- Coordinates
- 52.00085, 0.01546
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Limes is a house dating from the late 18th century, with alterations and extensions made in the mid to late 19th century. It is constructed of roughcast brick and features tiled roofs. The building has three bays and a parallel range added to the rear, standing two storeys tall with a plinth.
On the ground floor, there is a central entrance with a part glazed and panelled door, framed by an architrave and supported by a shaped bracket under a moulded flat hood. To the left of the entrance is a large tripartite sash window, while to the right is a 20-pane sash window with a slightly cambered head. The first floor contains five 10-pane sashes, all set back from the wall. The eaves are boxed, and there is a stack at the left end as well as a cross axial ridge stack located between the centre and right bays.
On the right gable end, there is a ground floor entrance leading into a conservatory, and on the first floor, there is a three-light casement window with wavy bargeboards. The lower and narrower range at the rear also features similar bargeboards and includes a 20th-century slate-roofed one-storey outshut. The rear elevation consists of four bays, with recessed three-light casements, a ground floor entrance, and a small canted bay window.
Local climate
The Limes 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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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