Bridge Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1985. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.

Bridge Cottage

WRENN ID
cold-alcove-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Bridge Cottage, the Village, Brent Pelham, SG9 0AW
OS grid reference
TL 432 310
Coordinates
51.95951, 0.08298
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bridge Cottage is a cottage dating from the 16th century or earlier. It is timber framed, plastered, and partially weatherboarded, with a thatched roof featuring semicircular work over the outshuts at either end. The cottage has one storey and attics, with early metal casement windows and a moulded and decorated front entrance door frame. There are three dormers on the southern elevation and a modern single storey entrance lobby. The interior has been lightly restored, showcasing chamfered and stopped main beams and joists in the area that likely served as a former hall. There is also fragmentary evidence of the original crown post and collar roof.

Local climate

Bridge 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1999
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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