Cosy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. House.
Cosy Cottage
- WRENN ID
- errant-floor-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Cosy Cottage, Horseshoe Hill, Hormead
- OS grid reference
- TL 401 299
- Coordinates
- 51.9503, 0.03849
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cosy Cottage is a house that dates from the 17th century or earlier and was raised to two storeys in the early 19th century. It has a timber frame set on a brick sill and is plastered, with the frame exposed on the north gable due to building work in 1984. The roof is covered with asbestos slates. The house has a two-storey, two-cell plan and faces west onto the street. The entrance is located in the southern part of the building, positioned between two windows. There is an external gable chimney on the southern part and a rear wall chimney on the northern part. The ground floor front windows are tall margin-light sashes, while smaller sash windows are situated just under the eaves on the first floor. The front door is a panelled margin-light design with a weatherhood supported by brackets. An extension to the north is not of special interest. The cottage is included in the register for its group value.
Local climate
Cosy Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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