Townsend House is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
Townsend House
- WRENN ID
- shadowed-plinth-lark
- 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
- Townsend House, 109, High Street, Barkway, SG8 8ED
- OS grid reference
- TL 383 352
- Coordinates
- 51.99818, 0.01442
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Townsend House is a large house dating from around 1830, located on the east side of Barkway High Street. The house is constructed of white brick with a hipped slate roof. It follows a double-depth plan with three bays. The front elevation is symmetrical, featuring steps leading up to a central entrance. The entrance door is a mix of glazed and fielded panel construction, with a rectangular fanlight above. It is set within a Doric porch with panelled reveals and a soffit. The windows are recessed sash windows with glazing bars, set within gauged brick flat arches. The first floor slightly projects from the ground floor. A moulded soffit runs along the eaves. The property has four end stacks, each with paired shafts. A short hipped wing extends to the rear left. A 20th-century garage addition is located to the left. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Townsend 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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