Lilac Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1984. Houses. 2 related planning applications.
Lilac Cottages
- WRENN ID
- fading-outpost-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1984
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- Lilac Cottages, 1 and 2, Baldock Road, Cottered, SG9 9PU
- OS grid reference
- TL 315 292
- Coordinates
- 51.94632, -0.08784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lilac Cottages consist of two adjoining houses built in the early 18th century, with matching extensions added in the 19th or 20th century. The houses have a timber frame on a stuccoed sill, with roughcast walls and a weatherboarded apron, all beneath a steep roof covered in old red tiles. A central chimney serves both properties. A small weatherboarded panel is visible on the right side of No. 2. The houses form a long, two-storey block facing east. Originally, each house featured a large heated room accessible by doors at both the front and back, a staircase, and a small service room at the end. The front of each original house had two windows on each floor and a central doorway. They have 2-light flush casement windows with dripboards, and the first floor of No. 2 has two 3-light casement windows. Matching two-storey end extensions extend in line with the original structure.
Local climate
Lilac Cottages 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 86% 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 57% 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 — 2 transactions since 2017
- 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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