The Cottage (Opposite Knights Court) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1983. House.
The Cottage (Opposite Knights Court)
- WRENN ID
- tenth-garret-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage (Opposite Knights Court), Hadham Road, Standon, SG11 1LN
- OS grid reference
- TL 396 221
- Coordinates
- 51.88057, 0.02721
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage, located opposite Knights Court on Hadham Road in Standon, is a 17th-century house. It has two storeys, with half-timbering on the lower section and plaster above. The roof is steep and slated. The building features four windows, which are double and triple casement types, complete with sills and small hoods. There is a modern single-storey addition on the south side and a porch on the east side. This property is included in the listing for its group value.
Local climate
The Cottage (Opposite Knights Court) sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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