Palace Bothy (W), Grooms Cottage (E) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1967. Stable block, houses. 2 related planning applications.
Palace Bothy (W), Grooms Cottage (E)
- WRENN ID
- knotted-gateway-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hertford and Stortford MP: Josh Dean (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1967
- Type
- Stable block, houses
- Address
- Palace Bothy (W), Grooms Cottage (E), Winding Hill, Much Hadham, SG10 6HW
- OS grid reference
- TL 430 197
- Coordinates
- 51.858, 0.07653
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Palace Bothy (west) and Grooms Cottage (east) is a stable block that has been converted into two houses. Originally built in the 17th century, it served as stables for The Palace. The structure is made of red brick with some half-timbering at the rear and features an old tiled roof. It is designed in an L shape and has two storeys with dormers.
The west front showcases three gabled dormers, a floor band, and a ground floor that includes three cut brick hood moulds and two pairs of door pilasters with capitals and bases. There is one original door on the south side, accompanied by a later five-light fan. A blocked door on the north side retains the remains of a cut brick pediment above it. The windows have been replaced with modern sash windows and leaded casements.
The rear extension, known as Grooms Cottage, has a half-timbered upper floor on the south side and features a large bressummer in the center that indicates the former cart entrance. Both floors have three-light metal frame casements, and there are modern additions at the rear.
Local climate
Palace Bothy (W), Grooms Cottage (E) 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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