The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- tenth-cobble-equinox
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 January 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Cottage, Hay Street, Braughing, SG11 2RG
- OS grid reference
- TL 392 262
- Coordinates
- 51.91736, 0.02353
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is an 18th-century house located on the east side of Hay Street in Braughing. It features a timber frame with roughcast finish on a stucco plinth and has a steep roof that is now slated. The house has a two-unit layout with a central chimney and is two storeys tall, with a single-storey lean-to at the north end. There is one window on the west side on each floor in the northern part, while the southern part has a window on each floor at the south end. The entrance is now through a 20th-century lean-to rear porch. The Cottage is situated in a prominent roadside position and is included for its group value.
Local climate
The Cottage 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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