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

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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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