Careless Cottage,House and Shop is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. A C16 House and shop. 2 related planning applications.
Careless Cottage,House and Shop
- WRENN ID
- night-rubblework-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- House and shop
- Address
- Careless Cottage,House and Shop, High Street, Much Hadham, SG10 6DA
- OS grid reference
- TL 428 195
- Coordinates
- 51.85645, 0.07266
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Careless Cottage is a house and shop, with a timber-frame gable end dating to the early 16th century. It was refronted in the early to mid-19th century and now linked with an early 19th century house. The north side has a symmetrical, plastered facade. The ground floor contains a double shop with six-pane windows, framed by fluted pilasters and a moulded cornice. Above, a six-over-six sash window is visible. Internal features include exposed timber framing and a crown post roof with four posts. A later 16th century rear extension exists. The southern section of the building is constructed from yellow stock brick with a slate roof and features triple-hung sash windows on the north side, and an eight-over-eight sash window on the south, to both the ground and first floors.
Local climate
Careless Cottage,House and Shop 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 — 2 transactions since 2010
- 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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