Church Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1966. House. 8 related planning applications.

Church Cottages

WRENN ID
tall-moat-smoke
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1966
Type
House
Address
Church Cottages, 1 and 2, Station Road, Aldbury, HP23 5RS
OS grid reference
SP 963 124
Coordinates
51.80198, -0.60348
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Cottages consist of two houses with a complex history. The core of the building dates back to the 16th century, with a crosswing, followed by a taller hall range constructed in the 17th century to the west. A lower kitchen extension was added in the 18th century on the west side, and a mid-19th-century gabled extension was built to the east.

The timber frame is exposed and filled with red brick, with red brick sills. The west end extension is built with chequered red and black brick, while the east extension is of red brick. The roof is covered with steep old red tiles. The layout is T-shaped, comprising the hall range and crosswing, now arranged as two storeys throughout. There is a door leading into the hall range alongside the east crosswing. A west gable chimney is visible. A lower and shallower west kitchen extension features a rear wing. The east extension extends the front with a two-window gable. The windows are 2-light sliding casements. The hall range and west extension now form No. 1. A glazed door, with a crosswing and a hipped tiled open porch, provides access.

Local climate

Church Cottages 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 77% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 8 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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