Valley Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1984. A Post-medieval Farmhouse.

Valley Farmhouse

WRENN ID
stranded-mullion-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 March 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Post-medieval
Address
Valley Farmhouse, Kimpton Road, Codicote, SG4 8ST
OS grid reference
TL 198 184
Coordinates
51.85162, -0.26091
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Valley Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early to mid 17th century. It is constructed of whitewashed brick and plaster, topped with plain tile roofs. The building stands two storeys high and features three gable ends, with a two-storey addition on the west side that dates to around 1830. The eastern gables are cross wings of the original two-and-a-half bay house. A large chimney stack with four joined square shafts is a prominent feature. There is a former lobby entrance at the front and a staircase attached at the rear. The windows include 19th-century glazing bar casements, some of which have segmental heads. The eastern cross wing has 17th-century small leaded casements on the side and rear elevations, while there is a 19th-century gabled porch at the centre of the west side.

Local climate

Valley Farmhouse 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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