130-136, Piccott's End is a Grade I listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 May 1954. A C15 Cottages. 10 related planning applications.
130-136, Piccott's End
- WRENN ID
- solitary-sentry-elm
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Hemel Hempstead MP: David Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 May 1954
- Type
- Cottages
- OS grid reference
- TL 051 091
- Coordinates
- 51.77078, -0.47767
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 15th-century building, originally a range of cottages, situated at Piccott’s End. The structure is timber-framed and incorporates whitewashed plaster and red brick, with old tiled roofs. It is two storeys high and features five gables, with casement windows. At No. 132, a crown post roof of three trusses is visible, and this property contains exceptionally important late 15th-century wall paintings discovered in March 1953 on the north-west side wall. The paintings depict religious themes arranged in a manner similar to an ikonostasis, including scenes of Baptism, Christ in Majesty, and various Saints. No. 134 is recorded as containing later 16th-century wall paintings. A plaque on the front wall commemorates Sir Astley Cooper, surgeon to King George IV and senior surgeon at Guy's Hospital (1800-1825), who opened the First Cottage Hospital in one of the cottages in January 1827.
Local climate
130-136, Piccott's End sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 1999
- Related listed building consents — 10 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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