Plough Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Plough Cottages
- WRENN ID
- secret-tower-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Plough Cottages, 1 and 2, Henworth Hall Road, Great Munden, SG11 1HS
- OS grid reference
- TL 353 235
- Coordinates
- 51.89399, -0.0341
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Plough Cottages, located on Henworth Hall Road in Great Munden, are four cottages that have been converted into two houses, dating from the early 18th century. The buildings feature a timber frame that is weatherboarded on a stucco plinth, with the end walls and parts of the front faced in painted brick. They have a steep thatched roof that is continuous and hipped at both ends. The southern half, known as No 2, has a red brick axial central chimney, while the northern half, No 1, has had its chimney removed. The cottages form a long single-storey block facing east towards The Plough Inn. Each house has four windows: No 2 has flush casements that have been renewed, while No 1 features three-light and two-light windows. The entrances are accessed through porches that are set back at each end of the buildings.
Local climate
Plough 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
- 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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