Inglenook Cottage, and the Post House (North of Lamb and Flag Public House) is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1983. House, outbuildings. 1 related planning application.
Inglenook Cottage, and the Post House (North of Lamb and Flag Public House)
- WRENN ID
- muffled-hall-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 November 1983
- Type
- House, outbuildings
- Address
- Inglenook Cottage, and the Post House (North of Lamb and Flag Public House), Cambridge Road, Standon, SG11 1ER
- OS grid reference
- TL 370 206
- Coordinates
- 51.86791, -0.01029
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Inglenook Cottage and The Post House, located north of the Lamb and Flag Public House, are two houses that were originally a house and outbuildings from the late 17th century. They were altered in the 19th century to serve as a shop and house, and later modified into houses in the late 20th century. The structure features a timber frame encased in brick and plaster, topped with a steep roof covered in dark brown tiles. The main house, which faces east, has two storeys and includes four windows with a door situated between the left pair of windows. The windows are recessed sash types with three-over-three panes. There is a projecting chimney with offsets on the south gable and an internal gable stack on the north side, which supports a large open fireplace. Inside, the building showcases exposed joists and axial beams in the floor, along with a winding stair located in the southeast corner. At the rear, there is a two-storey timber-frame weatherboarded range of outbuildings with steep pantiled roofs, partly faced with 18th-century brick on the north side and continuously on the south side. This section includes a separate house known as The Post House, which features casement windows and a gabled porch. The prominent L-shaped block is significant to the street scene and is included for its group value.
Local climate
Inglenook Cottage, and the Post House (North of Lamb and Flag Public 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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