Robbers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. House. 3 related planning applications.
Robbers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- woven-pillar-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Robbers Cottage, 3, the Street, Braughing, SG11 2QF
- OS grid reference
- TL 397 251
- Coordinates
- 51.90722, 0.02985
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Robbers Cottage is a house located in Braughing village, dating from the 17th century or earlier. It features a timber frame construction with roughcast and a stucco plinth, topped by a steep thatched roof. The building is long and has two storeys, with a lobby entry that faces east. A large red brick central chimney is positioned just behind the ridge. Originally, it likely had a three-unit plan with the chimney and lobby entry located a third of the way from the southern end. It was later extended by one bay to the south, creating a symmetrical front. The house has four windows on both the first and ground floors, with a central boarded door that has a flat hood supported by brackets. The windows include 2-light 19th-century flush casements, with some 3-light windows on the ground floor. There is also a shallow two-storey rear extension from the 20th century. Robbers Cottage is the prominent end house of the block and was formerly known as Nos 3 and 5.
Local climate
Robbers 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 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 — 1 transaction since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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