Vernons House is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. House. 1 related planning application.
Vernons House
- WRENN ID
- former-tallow-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 December 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Vernons House, Northaw Road West, Northaw and Cuffley, EN6 4NL
- OS grid reference
- TL 278 023
- Coordinates
- 51.70533, -0.1517
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Vernons House is a house with an early 18th-century facade applied to a 17th-century timber-framed core, altered in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The house is constructed of red brick with gauged red brick window lintels, and has a machine tile hipped roof with two tile-hung dormers. It is two storeys and attics, originally a 5-window house, with a modillioned eaves cornice and flush sash windows retaining their glazing bars. A floor band runs around the building. The centre first-floor window has a raised gauged brick surround and a wavy brick lintel. A replacement Queen Anne style doorcase now fronts the entrance. The facade features canted and square ground floor window bays. A two-window extension was added in the 20th century. Inside, there is a central dogleg staircase with plain round balusters. A 17th-century wall painting depicting a tree motif is now located in the dining room, formerly positioned behind the staircase. Exposed beams are visible in the centre of the house.
Local climate
Vernons 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
- 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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