Thyme 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.
Thyme Cottage
- WRENN ID
- moated-moat-wax
- 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
- Thyme Cottage, 7, the Street, Braughing, SG11 2QF
- OS grid reference
- TL 397 251
- Coordinates
- 51.90731, 0.02994
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thyme Cottage is a house that combines a 18th century or earlier structure with an early 19th century former cottage at the northern end. Located in Braughing village, the building features timber frames that are roughcast. The main house has a steep thatched roof, while the cottage has a low-pitched red pantile roof.
The house is two stories tall and consists of two rooms in length, designed with an end-chimney plan facing east. It has a centrally located door flanked by two windows on each floor. The windows are flush 3-light casements with small panes. The door is boarded and has a flat hood supported by brackets, although it has been renewed.
At the northern end, the cottage is also two stories tall and follows a similar two-room layout. It features a stable-type door at the southwest corner, with a small window next to it, and one window on the left-hand side for each floor. The ground floor has 3-light flush casement windows, while the first floor has small-paned casements. This building forms a picturesque group and was formerly known as Nos 7 and 9.
Local climate
Thyme 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 EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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