The Hermitage at St Edmund's College (Rc) (180 Metres to West of Main Building) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1967. House, sanatorium.
The Hermitage at St Edmund's College (Rc) (180 Metres to West of Main Building)
- WRENN ID
- proud-gargoyle-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1967
- Type
- House, sanatorium
- OS grid reference
- TL 369 220
- Coordinates
- 51.88045, -0.01111
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Hermitage at St Edmund's College is a house that has served as a school sanitorium for some time. It dates back to the 17th century and was purchased by the school in 1771. The building features a timber frame that is roughcast on a stucco plinth, topped with a steep old red tiled roof that is hipped at the south and half-hipped at the north and east. It has a T-plan layout, facing west, with a wide one and a half storeys main range and a two-storey crosswing to the south that has three bays. There is a large external side-chimney located to the right of the door, which is a boarded door with a lean-to canopy, accompanied by a casement window to the side. On the upper floor, there are two small flush box sash windows. The eastern end of the upper floor in the crosswing was partitioned in the 18th century to create a small chapel, which features a wooden moulded wide semi-circular 'chancel' archway with a keystone and imposts.
Local climate
The Hermitage at St Edmund's College (Rc) (180 Metres to West of Main Building) 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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