Park Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1984. House.
Park Cottage
- WRENN ID
- solitary-railing-spring
- 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
- Park Cottage, Green End, Braughing
- OS grid reference
- TL 391 246
- Coordinates
- 51.90309, 0.02149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Park Cottage is a house located in Braughing village, dating from the early 18th century. The building features a timber frame that is roughcast, with the original southern end wall made of red brick in Flemish bond, which is now on the interior. The southern wing, which was added around 1971, is plastered to match the original structure, and the house is topped with steep old red tile roofs.
The two-storey house faces west and includes a southern crosswing, along with a single-storey gabled extension added in the 20th century to the north, which has a recessed porch. Originally, the house had a two-room plan with a large gable chimney on the south side and a substantial single-storey service room in a lean-to at the southern end. The chimney features decorative corbelling on the south side (now inside) and on the kneeler of the former gable parapet, with two diagonal shafts on top.
On the west front, the gabled crosswing projects to the right and contains a two-light casement window above a canted bay. The main range has two windows on the first floor and a canted bay with French windows on the right. The interior showcases exposed timbers and the original brickwork of the southern wall.
Local climate
Park 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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