Herdsman Cottage Mumfords Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Buckinghamshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 August 1979. Cottage and farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Herdsman Cottage Mumfords Farmhouse

WRENN ID
wild-copper-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Buckinghamshire
Constituency
Chesham and Amersham MP: Sarah Green (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 August 1979
Type
Cottage and farmhouse
Address
Herdsman Cottage Mumfords Farmhouse, Mumfords Lane, Chalfont St. Peter, SL9 8TQ
OS grid reference
SU 981 892
Coordinates
51.59393, -0.5841
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Herdsman Cottage at Mumfords Farmhouse is a building from the 16th century that has been altered and extended. It is two stories high, with the original part being timber-framed and featuring red brick nogging. The roof is covered with old tiles and has two gables, with the eastern gable being larger. The first floor has mid-17th century wood mullioned and transomed windows, along with oculi in the east gable and a large projecting brick stack from the 17th century on the east side. The south elevation and the southern part of the west front are made of mid-18th century brick, which includes a band course between the storeys and three-light casements. The north range has later double-hung sash windows, while the north block, known as Herdsman's Cottage, features casements and a half-hipped old tile roof. Most openings are cambered. Inside, there are two doorways on the first floor with moulded wood frames dating back to the 16th century.

Local climate

Herdsman Cottage Mumfords Farmhouse 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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