Symondshyde Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. Farmhouse.

Symondshyde Farmhouse

WRENN ID
leaning-railing-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1983
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Symondshyde Farmhouse, Hammond's Lane
OS grid reference
TL 199 113
Coordinates
51.78813, -0.26279
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Symondshyde Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 17th century and possibly earlier, with an early to mid-19th century red brick extension to the east. The west side of the building is two storeys with attics, finished in roughcast and topped with steep plain tile roofs. A 17th-century cross wing on the west creates a half H plan. The windows are casements with glazing bars, and there are two gabled attic dormers on the central portion. To the left of the centre is an 18th-century flush panel door, which features a rectangular lobe pattern fan and an architrave frame, along with console brackets supporting the cornice hood. The east and west gable ends are adorned with wavy edged bargeboards and tall polygonal finials. The west front displays a symmetrical arrangement of glazing bar sash windows in a 1:1:1 configuration, with a slightly projecting gabled centre that has Tudor hoods over the window and door.

Local climate

Symondshyde Farmhouse 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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