24 and 26, Birch Green is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 June 1986. A Early C19 Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
24 and 26, Birch Green
- WRENN ID
- knotted-clay-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 June 1986
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 24 and 26, Birch Green, Hertingfordbury, SG14 2LU
- OS grid reference
- TL 291 116
- Coordinates
- 51.78894, -0.12823
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A pair of estate cottages dating from the early 19th century, built for the 5th Earl Cowper of Panshanger. The cottages are constructed of red brick with a hipped slate roof. Each cottage is three bays wide, with central entrances featuring open trellised porches and wavy bargeboards. Ground floor windows are two-light leaded pane casements with gauged brick flat arched heads. The first floor has a blind central bay, flanked by smaller two-light leaded pane casements. A central red brick ridge stack is present, along with a later external stack on the left return. The right return has an entrance within a porch. A weatherboarded lean-to outshut is located at the rear left. The interior remains uninspected.
Local climate
24 and 26, Birch Green 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 88% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- 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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