Rosemary Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1973. House. 1 related planning application.

Rosemary Cottage

WRENN ID
lone-rampart-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dacorum
Constituency
Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 May 1973
Type
House
Address
Rosemary Cottage, 126, High Street, Northchurch, HP4 3QS
OS grid reference
SP 972 089
Coordinates
51.77055, -0.59154
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rosemary Cottage is a 16th or early 17th century timber-frame building with red brick nogging and an old tiled roof. It features an early red brick stack. The cottage is single-storied with an attic, and has small Yorkshire casement windows with glazing bars, along with three gabled dormers. It was formerly known as Norris's Farm.

Local climate

Rosemary Cottage 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 — 1 transaction since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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