The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1984. House.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- over-spandrel-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, Ardeley
- OS grid reference
- TL 324 254
- Coordinates
- 51.91217, -0.0761
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a house that dates from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations made in the early 19th century. It features a timber frame resting on a stucco sill, with a roughcast exterior and a steep thatched roof. There is a lean-to porch with a tiled roof and wings. The house is two stories tall and has three main sections, facing north. It includes a large central chimney located a third of the way from the east end and a very large external gable chimney at the west end, which has crow steps and an oven beneath a weatherboarded lean-to. The upper floor has four flush box sash windows with moulded surrounds and 8/8 panes. The ground floor has four windows that have been renewed, and the entrance door is located a third of the way from the west end.
Local climate
The Cottage 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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