Morris Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1951. House. 1 related planning application.
Morris Cottage
- WRENN ID
- vacant-window-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Morris Cottage, High Street, Much Hadham, SG10 6BS
- OS grid reference
- TL 427 191
- Coordinates
- 51.8529, 0.0714
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Morris Cottage is a house dating to the late 15th or early 16th century, located on the west side of Much Hadham High Street, in Much Hadham village. It is a timber-framed building of Wealden type. Originally a three-bay hall house, it was jettied (projecting at first floor level) at the north end, with the remainder of the structure jettied around 1600 and braced to manage the tension. The building has an old red tile roof with a square chimneystack towards the south, which has been rebuilt at the top. The ground floor features two- and three-light casement windows with shutters, while the upper floor has four diamond-leaded casements, including a canted oriel window. In 1895, William Morris purchased the property for his sister Henrietta and it was converted from two cottages by Philip Webb. Webb added two hipped roof rear extensions, one to the north and one to the south. The exterior has a roughcast finish and features two-, three-, and four-light leaded casement windows.
Local climate
Morris Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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