Numbers 87 The Cottage, 87a, and 89 is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 January 1967. House. 1 related planning application.
Numbers 87 The Cottage, 87a, and 89
- WRENN ID
- fallen-zinc-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 January 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Numbers 87 The Cottage, 87a, and 89, High Street, Markyate, AL3 8JG
- OS grid reference
- TL 061 164
- Coordinates
- 51.8365, -0.46091
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 87, 87A, and 89 comprise two adjoining houses and a former carriageway, dating to the 17th century or earlier. The houses were later re-cased in brick during the 18th century, with the carriageway being converted to a house in the late 20th century. The houses have timber framing, with a red brick casing that incorporates random blue bricks in a Flemish bond. Number 89 retains some tuck-pointing. The houses have a stucco plinth and steep roofs covered in old red tiles. The main two-storey street-facing range is four windows long, with a recess of header bond brickwork above the doorway to Number 89. The west front has a plat-band, a dentilled and corbelled brick eaves course, and cambered arches above the ground floor windows. The left-hand portion of the building has sash windows with later plate glass, and a renewed six-panel door. The right-hand house (Number 89) features a tall, narrow, two-light flush casement window with small panes on each floor, alongside a six-panel door with the bottom two panels flush-beaded and the upper panels raised and fielded. End chimneys are located to the rear of the ridge on the left-hand house, with the largest chimney positioned to the south. A southern internal gable chimney is present on Number 89. A gabled two-storey rear wing is visible opposite the large chimney. The interior features open fireplaces and some panelling.
Local climate
Numbers 87 The Cottage, 87a, and 89 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 — 9 transactions since 1997
- 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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