Hermitage Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1967. House. 2 related planning applications.
Hermitage Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dim-crypt-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hermitage Cottage, Wareside, SG12 7QY
- OS grid reference
- TL 395 155
- Coordinates
- 51.82143, 0.02271
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
House. Dating from the 17th century or earlier, Hermitage Cottage is a timber-frame building, now plastered, with a steep roof covered in old red tiles. It is a long, one-and-a-half-storey building situated close to the road. The main entrance is now at the rear. The east-facing (road) front has five irregularly spaced windows, and three gabled dormers set along the wallplate. The windows are flush casements, with dripboards above, and include two-light and four-light designs. Dormers have two-light casements, also with dripboards. The building likely consists of five structural bays. A central chimney is located north of the centre, and a smaller external chimney is situated at the south end.
Local climate
Hermitage 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 4 transactions since 2001
- 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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