The Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1977. Cottages. 3 related planning applications.
The Cottages
- WRENN ID
- nether-vault-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Hemel Hempstead MP: David Taylor (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1977
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- The Cottages, 5-8, London Road, HP1 2RH
- OS grid reference
- TL 024 062
- Coordinates
- 51.74575, -0.51744
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottages comprise a mid-19th century row of four cottages, one of two similar rows, built in a picturesque "cottage orné" style. They are constructed of whitewashed brick with a fish scale patterned tiled roof, featuring two large brick gabled dormers and tall chimneystacks. The cottages are one storey high with attics. Four casement windows, each with glazing bars, are set beneath dripmoulds. Three gabled porches, constructed of rustic wood, are present, the central one being double width. The Cottages, together with Bourne Cottage and numbers 1 to 8 inclusive, form a notable group.
Local climate
The Cottages 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 — 15 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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