The Node Court is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 January 1981. Model dairy, offices. 2 related planning applications.
The Node Court
- WRENN ID
- shifting-trefoil-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 January 1981
- Type
- Model dairy, offices
- Address
- The Node Court, Drivers End, Codicote, SG4 8TR
- OS grid reference
- TL 219 197
- Coordinates
- 51.86335, -0.2298
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Node Court is a model dairy, later converted to offices, constructed in 1928 by Maurice Chesterton for Carl Holmes. Built with group value, the design draws inspiration from the Picturesque revival, notably Marie Antoinette’s dairy at Versailles. The building is primarily of rendered brick with a continuous thatched roof over a courtyard layout, and consists of mainly one storey with an attic. The windows are plastic casements, originally metal framed. The north entrance features a broad two-storey arch within a wide gable. Single-storey wings extend to either side of the courtyard. Opposite the courtyard is a two-storey timber-framed cottage with a balcony. A large three-storey tower is located to the south-east, featuring an eyebrow dormer and a circular pyramid roof. The circular courtyard served as a turning space for milk lorries. A covered way, formerly thatched, extends to the south-east and incorporates a mechanical bucket conveyor system, connecting to a low, rectangular thatched dungery with a hipped roof. The Node Court was designed to establish standards for hygiene and efficient dairy farming in England, and reflects contemporary expressionist architecture found in Holland.
Local climate
The Node Court 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 84% 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 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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 — 3 transactions since 2004
- 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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