Copthall is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. House. 2 related planning applications.
Copthall
- WRENN ID
- ruined-flint-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Hemel Hempstead MP: David Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Copthall, the Street, Chipperfield, WD4 9BH
- OS grid reference
- TL 043 016
- Coordinates
- 51.70425, -0.49088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
House. The core of the house dates to the 16th century, with a western end significantly altered in the late 17th century. It was divided in the 18th century, and a southeastern wing was added around 1913 replacing a previous large bakehouse. The house is timber-framed with narrow red brick infill, with the ground floor of some sections cased or rebuilt in red brick, and plastered on the south side. It has steep old red tile roofs, and the southeastern wing is roughcast.
The house is L-shaped, facing north. The west gable is at the roadside, while the entrance door is in the 1½-storey southeastern wing, which features two gabled dormers, a three-light casement window, and a Tudor-arched battened door on the left. The eastern bay was formerly jettied to the north. The 1½ bays of the western part have thinner timbers, unjowled posts, straight braces, and 1½ storeys. It features a large external south-side chimney with tiled offsets, a brick gable to the road with purlin ends and tile-creasing over the tie-beam, a two-light casement window on the upper level, and two-light and four-light casements to the ground floor. This wing likely replaces an earlier service wing and adjoining cross-passage. The south front has wide-spaced studs and storey-height panels, with straight braces in the walls at the corners. It has a two-light casement to the first floor and a double flush sash window to the ground floor. The north side has exposed timber framing, including a convex curved corner brace and wide-spaced studs. A 18th-century two-light flush leaded casement is present on the first floor of the central room. A Sun Fire Insurance plaque, number 364473, is visible.
Inside, there are axial floor beams and remains of Jacobean carved panelling incorporating a guilloche band. The roof contains queen-struts and collar trusses in a clasped-purlin roof, which was formerly cross-roofed in the parlour bay. Notable features include a long, splayed scarf joint in a purlin and old flat rafters. An additional bay is located at the east, beyond the parlour.
Local climate
Copthall 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% 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 — 2 transactions since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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