Numbers 9, 11 (Vine Cottage), 13 (Swift Cottage), and 15 is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1987. House. 6 related planning applications.
Numbers 9, 11 (Vine Cottage), 13 (Swift Cottage), and 15
- WRENN ID
- woven-rood-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Numbers 9, 11 (Vine Cottage), 13 (Swift Cottage), and 15, High Street, Flamstead, AL3 8BT
- OS grid reference
- TL 078 146
- Coordinates
- 51.81987, -0.4363
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building, now divided into four separate houses at Numbers 9, 11 (Vine Cottage), 13 (Swift Cottage), and 15, likely began as a 17th-century or earlier house. A gabled front extension was added in the late 17th century (Vine Cottage), with a further extension to the west side of this section in the late 18th century (Number 9). This western extension was originally two houses and later included a rear outshut. A more recent extension was built in the late 20th century on the north side of the main range.
The house is timber-framed, with the frame now visible only on the west wall of the eastern wing. The rest of the exterior is a mix of red brick infilling, brick casing, and extensions. It has steep old red tile roofs and a hipped roof on the eastern wing. The building faces south in a mostly L-shape, with a projecting eastern crosswing. A large internal chimney rises through the front roof slope about a third of the way from the west end.
The western portion of the front is obscured by a gabled, two-storey projection with an external side chimney on the east. A further two-storey block extends west, featuring a catslide rear outshut and a central internal chimney. The western extension (Number 9) has a symmetrical south front with two casement windows on each floor, as well as two battened doors near the corners. Number 11 has replaced casement windows and a 20th-century porch. Number 13, set back in the middle, has a plank door between two small-paned casement windows on each floor.
The eastern wing (Number 15) faces east with a segmental front featuring two two-light casement windows on each floor and a central door. The south end of this wing has a two-light casement window above a three-light casement window. This wing has both an internal and a northern gable internal chimney. Exposed framing and a blocked three-light window are visible on the west wall.
Local climate
Numbers 9, 11 (Vine Cottage), 13 (Swift Cottage), and 15 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 80% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 6 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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