Cargreen Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
Cargreen Cottage
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-cloister-ebony
- 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
- Cargreen Cottage, Anstey, SG9 0BL
- OS grid reference
- TL 408 332
- Coordinates
- 51.97956, 0.04994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Cargreen Cottage is a house that dates from the 17th century or earlier, with an early 19th-century extension at the east end. It features a timber frame set on a plastered brick sill, with roughcast and white weatherboarding on the west gable and the eastern part. The cottage has a steep thatched roof, which includes a dormer window cut into the eaves, and a lower pitched slate roof on the eastern extension.
The building is 1½ storeys tall and consists of two cells, facing south, with an internal chimney. The early 19th-century extension is two storeys high and has an internal chimney on the eastern gable, along with a small two-storey gabled rear wing. The front of the house has three windows, which are two-light flush casement windows with small panes, alternating with hooded doorways that are now similarly glazed.
There is a battened door in the middle of the eastern end of the lower part, with the dormer window located slightly to the left of the door. The older section of the cottage features an axial beam and an open fireplace in the main room, along with a narrow west parlour that has a later-added fireplace.
Local climate
Cargreen 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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