Dassels House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. A Late C16 House.
Dassels House
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-chamber-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- Dassels House, Braughing
- OS grid reference
- TL 392 273
- Coordinates
- 51.92735, 0.02428
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dassels House is a late 16th-century house constructed with a timber frame and roughcast exterior. It features steep old red tile roofs, with the main range hipped at the north. The wide-span main range has two storeys and faces west, showcasing a large central chimney. To the south, there is a two-storey crosswing with attics and a cellar that projects only to the rear, containing a staircase in the angle and a large external front chimney at the southwest corner, which has the stumps of two octagonal shafts. The central chimney has diagonally set shafts.
The west front is irregular, featuring a small attic window next to the large chimney at the south end, three first-floor windows, and four ground-floor windows. The windows are casement flush windows with three to five lights. Notable details include fine carved and pierced consoles supporting a flat hood over the plank door. Inside, there are Tudor arched fireplaces, with an especially elaborate one featuring a fluted frieze at the southwest. Additionally, there is a three-light ovolo-moulded blocked window, tension braces in the walls, and bar stops to the chamfers on the doorway from the hall on the ground floor.
Local climate
Dassels 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 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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