Mount House is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1987. House.
Mount House
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-lantern-pigeon
- 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
- Mount House, the Mount, Barley
- OS grid reference
- TL 394 382
- Coordinates
- 52.0248, 0.03164
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mount House is a house dating from the mid-18th century, with possibly earlier origins, and has been extended and altered in the early 19th century. It is constructed of red brick, featuring some timber framing, with parts that are colourwashed and others that are weatherboarded. The house has a steeply pitched half hipped slate roof.
The building has a symmetrical two-cell lobby entry, with an additional bay added to the right. It stands two storeys high and has a plinth. The central entrance features a four fielded panelled door. On the ground floor, there are three light small pane casements with wooden sills, all recessed and having cambered heads. The later bay to the right is set back slightly and includes a 16-pane sash window on the first floor.
There is a cross axial ridge stack located behind the entrance and a later external stack on the left end. The right end of the house is weatherboarded on the ground floor, while the area above a lean-to addition at the rear left is rendered. To the rear right, there is a short 19th-century wing that extends with an oversailing first floor and a half hip. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Mount House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- No related consent applications matched
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