The Ramblers is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1987. A Early C18 House. 2 related planning applications.

The Ramblers

WRENN ID
inner-rotunda-mallow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 June 1987
Type
House
Address
The Ramblers, High Street, Barley, SG8 8JA
OS grid reference
TL 399 384
Coordinates
52.02709, 0.03822
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Ramblers is an early 18th-century house, which was once an inn and two or more dwellings. It was reroofed, extended, and altered in the 19th century. The building is timber-framed with panelled rendering and some weatherboarding, and has a slate roof with some pantiles. It originally comprised three cell lobby entry. The house stands two storeys high with a cellar. It has a plinth. On the ground floor, the entrance is to the left of centre, featuring a six-panelled door with an original architrave, a pulvinated frieze, and a pediment. To the left of the door is a 24-pane horizontal sliding sash window, and to the right are two 16-pane horizontal sliding sashes. The first floor has three 18-pane horizontal sliding sashes, all in flush moulded frames. The eaves are with simulated brackets. A rebuilt axial stack is located behind the entrance. Original and 19th-century plates, along with later purlins, are exposed on the right end of the building. A two-bay, two-storey weatherboarded wing extends to the rear, with two doors, bracketed hoods, two-light casement windows, and a pantiled roof. A lean-to outshut is also located at the rear. The interior has not been inspected. The building was formerly the King William Public House and is included on the list for group value.

Local climate

The Ramblers 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2007
  • 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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