Carfax is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. House.
Carfax
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-paling-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Carfax, 501, Broadway
- OS grid reference
- TL 214 316
- Coordinates
- 51.97023, -0.23364
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Carfax, located at 501 Broadway, is a house built in 1909 by Bennett and Bidwell. It features a unique 'butterfly' plan that includes a triangular entrance lobby leading into a high living hall, which connects to the drawing room through double doors. The front of the house is symmetrical, with gabled bays on either side of a gabled entrance bay that showcases exposed timber studwork. The building has one and a half storeys, with tiled roofs and brick stacks. The walls are roughcast, and it has mullioned casement windows with leaded lights. The drawing room includes a six-light transom and mullion bay window. The central entrance is marked by wood and half-glazed double doors.
Local climate
Carfax 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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