Button Snap is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. House. 1 related planning application.
Button Snap
- WRENN ID
- heavy-portal-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Button Snap, Cherry Green, Westmill, SG9 9NN
- OS grid reference
- TL 349 264
- Coordinates
- 51.92003, -0.03979
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Button Snap is a house that dates from the 17th century or earlier, with the eastern part possibly being a later extension. It features a timber frame that is roughcast over a plastered red brick sill and has a very steep thatched roof that is hipped at the west end, with higher eaves in the eastern section. Originally, it was likely a two-cell house facing south, with an end chimney on the east side and a slightly later one-and-a-half storey eastern extension beyond the chimney.
The single-storey western part has a slightly battered end wall and a central plank door, which is flanked by three-light flush mullioned wooden casement windows that have leaded lattice glazing. There are small ceramic plaques on either side of the door providing information about Charles Lamb. The eastern part has a small leaded window on the south wall, along with a door and window in the end wall, and a two-light leaded attic window.
Charles Lamb owned the property from 1812 to 1815 and it is mentioned in his essay "My First Play." The house was presented by Mrs. Greg to the Royal Society of Arts and was acquired by the Charles Lamb Society in 1949.
Local climate
Button Snap 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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