The Old Coffee Tavern and Norman Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 April 1985. A C17 House. 2 related planning applications.

The Old Coffee Tavern and Norman Cottage

WRENN ID
tired-window-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 April 1985
Type
House
Address
The Old Coffee Tavern and Norman Cottage, Widford Road, Much Hadham, SG10 6AL
OS grid reference
TL 426 184
Coordinates
51.84675, 0.06927
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Old Coffee Tavern and Norman Cottage is a house that has been divided into two properties. It dates from the late 17th century and has been altered in the 18th century, early to mid-19th century, and around 1900. The building features a timber frame with plaster and brick. The front facing the street is plastered and consists of two storeys with an old tile, half-hipped roof that has brick stacks at the center and south end.

The Old Coffee Tavern showcases a well-preserved early to mid-19th century double shop front, which includes a square wooden entrance porch and a continuous fascia with a moulded cornice. The pilasters beside the windows display a Soanian groove pattern. There are double half-glazed doors with fielded panels, and circa 1900, there are three-pane casements on both floors.

Norman Cottage features 18th century sash windows on the ground floor, with buttresses flanking the door and a floor band. The north gable end reveals exposed half-timbering and a weatherboarded ground floor. Inside The Old Coffee Tavern, there is a notable early 19th century cellar that was previously used for public baths.

Local climate

The Old Coffee Tavern and Norman Cottage 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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