The Town House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. Almshouse.
The Town House
- WRENN ID
- ancient-gallery-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- The Town House, Baldock Road, Cottered
- OS grid reference
- TL 316 292
- Coordinates
- 51.94648, -0.08553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Town House is a block of three almshouses that has been converted into a single residence. It was built in 1767 for Reverend Angel Chauncy, who donated £200 to create housing for the poor, replacing properties in the churchyard. The building is constructed of red brick with black headers, featuring fine red brick dressings, a dentilled eaves cornice, rusticated stone quoins, and a central cartouche. It has a steep old red tile roof that extends as a catslide over the continuous rear outshut. The structure is one and a half storeys high and faces east, displaying a symmetrical front with a central door beneath a stone cartouche that is carved with arms. There are six windows, which were originally doors, and they feature segmental arches above two-light headed casements. The building also has three hipped dormers, similar to those at the rear, and two central red brick chimneys.
Local climate
The Town House 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 86% 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 57% 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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