Little Pennys is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 October 1981. House.

Little Pennys

WRENN ID
plain-spindle-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 October 1981
Type
House
Address
Little Pennys, 70, High Wych Road, Sawbridgeworth
OS grid reference
TL 471 142
Coordinates
51.80731, 0.13368
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Little Pennys is a 17th-century timber-framed house located on High Wych Road. The exterior features plastered walls with a weatherboarded upper half on the west gable. The ground floor walls have been renewed in colourwashed brick during the 18th century, and the 19th-century brick front is rendered and colourwashed. The house has a steep old red tile gabled roof. It has a three-room layout with the entrance opposite a large central chimney situated between the western rooms. There is an external gable chimney on the east side and a two-storey rear wing at the northeast, which is also timber-framed and plastered, featuring an old tile roof and an internal gable chimney. Additionally, there is a lower two-storey 19th-century extension with a slate roof located at the angle between the house and the wing. The building has two storeys and attics, with three 19th-century, three-light recessed sash windows that have a pane configuration of 1/1:2/2:1/1. The entrance includes a four-panel door with the top two panels glazed. The rear features two and three-light leaded casements, along with 19th-century sashes and casements in the rear wings. Attached to the northeast corner of the rear wing is a former granary from the 17th or 18th century, which is now used for domestic purposes. This structure is also timber-framed, plastered, and has a steep old red tiled gabled roof, with simple modern wood casements. A small lean-to porch with a plastered finish and a red tile roof is situated in the angle of the building.

Local climate

Little Pennys sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% 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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