Manor Farm Cottage and Attached Barn to West of Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1987. Barn, cottage. 1 related planning application.
Manor Farm Cottage and Attached Barn to West of Farm House
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-tower-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1987
- Type
- Barn, cottage
- Address
- Manor Farm Cottage and Attached Barn to West of Farm House, Church Lane, Barkway, SG8 8EJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 382 355
- Coordinates
- 52.00109, 0.01284
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Manor Farm Cottage and the attached barn, located to the west of Manor Farm House, is a building from the 18th century that has been partly converted into a dwelling and altered in the 20th century. It features red brick construction with sections that are weatherboarded and has a tiled roof that is half hipped on the left side. The structure consists of five bays, with a plinth and a plat band. There are blocked ventilation slits, and the central bay includes large double doors, with a midstrey at the rear that has a weatherboarded gable. The right gable end is also weatherboarded. The two left bays have been converted into a dwelling, featuring an inserted door and three light casements, while the left end has blocked openings. Inside, the building showcases curved braces from posts to tie beams, angled struts to principals, lower butt purlins, and collars that clasp the upper purlins. This building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Manor Farm Cottage and Attached Barn to West of Farm 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 — 4 transactions since 2001
- 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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