Old Cuckmans is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1953. Farmhouse. 4 related planning applications.

Old Cuckmans

WRENN ID
distant-cloister-linden
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
St Albans
Constituency
St Albans MP: Daisy Cooper (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 October 1953
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Old Cuckmans, Ragged Hall Lane, St. Stephen, AL2 3NP
OS grid reference
TL 130 051
Coordinates
51.73392, -0.36451
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 15th or early 16th century hall house, originally a farmhouse, and now a house. It was floored in the 16th and 17th centuries, with later 17th century extensions to the north elevation. The south elevation was stuccoed in the early 19th century and was formerly the front of the property.

The house is timber-framed, with the frame visible on the north side, and has plaster and painted brick walls. It features a plain tile roof. The north side has three gable ends in a line, with the two rightmost gables showing thinner framing. There are three 20th-century glazing bar casements on the north side.

A deeper rear range contains the former hall and a 16th-century wing. This rear range has a half-hipped plain tile roof constructed using clasped purlins. A large 17th century external stack stands on the right end, featuring a tall sloping stack and an oven at its base. The rear elevation has five 20th-century glazing bar casements and a central half-glazed door. A central 17th-century ridge stack is also present.

Internally, the rear range is arranged over three bays, with the western two bays originally forming a deep hall. A large truss is visible on the first floor, and a collar purlin is exposed in the western bay. The north wall of the hall is visible on the ground floor of the western bay, and there are holes indicating the former presence of a diamond mullioned window. The north extensions have stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops on the ground floor.

Local climate

Old Cuckmans sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
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  • 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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