Bridewell House, (On South Corner of Little Lane) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 October 1957. A C15 House. 3 related planning applications.
Bridewell House, (On South Corner of Little Lane)
- WRENN ID
- second-screen-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 October 1957
- Type
- House
- Address
- Bridewell House, (On South Corner of Little Lane), Wyddial Road, Buntingford, SG9 9AX
- OS grid reference
- TL 362 297
- Coordinates
- 51.94934, -0.01828
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bridewell House is a house, said to have been built in 1491. It was formerly the Waggon & Horses Inn before 1700, served as a bridewell until 1843, and subsequently used as two cottages. The house was renovated in 1939, with a western extension added in 1950, and a later southern garage wing. The building is timber-framed with a stuccoed sill, and has plastered walls with panelled pargetting. It has a steep tiled roof. The house has two storeys and four windows along its eastern facade. A central chimney is present, along with a lobby entry located a third from the southern end, and a smaller central chimney serving the northern bay. The windows are flush casements of horizontal proportions, with larger windows on the ground floor. A pointed head is present above the battened door. The chimneyhead features two stumpy shafts. Internally, there is a brick open fireplace.
Local climate
Bridewell House, (On South Corner of Little Lane) 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2014
- 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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