Gardeners Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. House. 3 related planning applications.
Gardeners Cottage
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-corner-heron
- 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
- Gardeners Cottage, Hormead, SG9 0DY
- OS grid reference
- TL 390 300
- Coordinates
- 51.95126, 0.02206
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gardeners Cottage is a 18th-century house constructed with a timber frame set on a black stucco plinth, which is plastered and lined to resemble ashlar. It features a steep, half-hipped roof covered with red tiles. This small, two-storey house faces south, with a west gable that is visible from the road. The south front has two windows and two gabled dormers at the eaves. There is a half-glazed door located near the eastern end, and a low eastern extension that includes two-light flush casement windows, while a three-light flush casement window is positioned beside the door. On the west gable, there is a flush three-light casement window on each floor. An internal red brick chimney is located to the west of the center, and an old red brick oven projects from the northern side of the building. The cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Gardeners 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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