Fleur Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 November 1966. A 17th century House. 1 related planning application.
Fleur Cottage
- WRENN ID
- stony-newel-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 November 1966
- Type
- House
- Period
- 17th century
- Address
- Fleur Cottage, 15, Ashendene Road, Bayford, SG13 8PX
- OS grid reference
- TL 310 084
- Coordinates
- 51.75899, -0.10275
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
House, originally one dwelling, now divided into two properties. It dates to the early 17th century, with an 18th-century range added to the rear and a 20th-century wing at the southeast end of No. 15. The house has a timber frame on a brick sill, and is clad in white weatherboarding, with a steep roof covered in old red tiles. It is set back from the road facing west, and comprises a two-storey, two-cell house, a two-storey parallel rear range, and a later two-storey gabled wing to No. 15. A lower extension is situated at the rear of No. 11A. The rear range features an internal sidewall chimney in the middle of its rear wall. The west front has three windows to each floor; the outer windows are of three lights, the upper middle window is of two lights and a small single light is located on the ground floor, potentially marking the former location of a lobby-entry door. Modern doors are positioned to the right of each ground floor window. A large axial stack rises from the roof ridge, incorporating four conjoined diagonal shafts built from narrow bricks. Leaded windows with iron opening lights remain in No. 15, while No. 11A has replacement wooden flush casements. The interior of No. 15 retains exposed timbers in the walls and floors, wide floorboards, and old plank doors with strap hinges. It includes an axial beam to the ground floor of the original front range, but a cross-beam and staircase are present in the rear range’s northwest corner. The plan of the rear range indicates the house was divided at a later date.
Local climate
Fleur 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 88% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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