The Manse is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1987. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Manse
- WRENN ID
- solemn-crypt-pine
- 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 Manse, 5, High Street, Barkway, SG8 8EA
- OS grid reference
- TL 384 358
- Coordinates
- 52.00407, 0.01616
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Manse is an early 19th-century house located on the east side of Barkway High Street. Constructed of red brick with a slate roof, it features a 3-bay, 1-bay layout with a lobby entrance. The house is two storeys high and has a high rendered plinth. A central staircase leads to the entrance, which has a half-glazed door within a doorcase detailed with roundels at the angles and a flat hood. Recessed glazing bar sashes are set within gauged brick flat arched heads; a blind opening is situated above the entrance. The right bay is set back slightly and contains a bricked-up second entrance. Boxed eaves are present, and a ridge stack is located behind the entrance, with a later extruded stack at the right end. The right gable is weatherboarded. The roof sweeps down over the lower upper storey to the rear. Internally, the house has not been inspected. From 1884, The Manse served as the manse for the adjacent Congregational Chapel and is included on the list for group value.
Local climate
The Manse 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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