Pennies is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1985. Cottage.

Pennies

WRENN ID
north-copper-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
East Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1985
Type
Cottage
Address
Pennies, Patmore Heath, Albury
OS grid reference
TL 442 255
Coordinates
51.90972, 0.09612
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pennies is an 18th-century cottage featuring a timber frame with plaster panels and a roof made of thatch and tiles. The building is one storey high and has casement windows of varying ages. It includes a brick chimney stack with an inglenook fireplace. A modern central porch with a cross motif is set in the gable, and there are modern extensions at the rear.

Local climate

Pennies sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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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