Well Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
Well Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dusted-hearth-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Well Cottage, the Knoll, Anstey, SG9 0BN
- OS grid reference
- TL 406 331
- Coordinates
- 51.97942, 0.04588
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Well Cottage is a house dating to the 17th century, with additions made in 1865. It is timber-framed and has white weatherboard cladding, covered by a steep thatched roof. The house has a 1½-storey, three-cell plan with end chimneys, facing east. Three dormer windows, each with a two-light casement, are built into the thatch at the eaves. A lean-to porch, also weatherboarded and thatched, is centrally located on the older south side of the house, with two windows to the left and one to the right. A pair of windows are present on the north side. Flush two-light casement windows with small panes are found throughout.
Local climate
Well 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 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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 — 4 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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