Inglenook is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1986. House. 2 related planning applications.
Inglenook
- WRENN ID
- inner-spindle-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Inglenook, the Street, Kelshall, SG8 9SQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 332 361
- Coordinates
- 52.00816, -0.05995
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Inglenook is a house dating from the early to mid 17th century, with extensions added in the 18th or 19th century and alterations made in the 20th century. The house is timber-framed and rendered, with a thatched roof. It originally comprised two rooms arranged in a lobby entry plan. The house is mainly one storey high with an attic, although a central projection is two storeys tall. A central entrance is incorporated into this later projection, which has a gable bearing a false date of 1606. A 20th-century rectangular bay window is located on the right side. Other windows are 20th-century casements. A central ridge stack has a rebuilt cap. The left end of the house, facing the road, is half-hipped. The right end displays exposed purlins, and a single-storey, 20th-century outshut is attached. Lean-to additions are present at the rear, along with a bakehouse behind the stack, which has a slate roof. A catslide roof covers the lean-to to the left. Inside, the house features chamfered bearer and joists, an inglenook fireplace, and exposed timber framing.
Local climate
Inglenook 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2013
- 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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