Ermine Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1983. A C17 House.

Ermine Cottage

WRENN ID
secret-barrel-raven
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
Address
Ermine Cottage, High Road, Thundridge
OS grid reference
TL 362 184
Coordinates
51.84817, -0.02315
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ermine Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century, with a brick front added in the 18th century. It features a timber frame that is weatherboarded, with painted brick facing at the front and the south end. The house has a steep old red tile roof and is two storeys tall, with a single-storey rear lean-to outshut. The layout consists of a two-room plan with end chimneys, and there are internal gable chimneys, with the southern one likely being a later addition. The asymmetrical brick front has dentilled eaves and includes two small two-light casement windows on the first floor. The ground floor has three similar windows with segmental arches, two of which are located to the left of the door, which features a broad frame and a flat hood supported by shaped brackets.

Local climate

Ermine Cottage 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 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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