The Lilacs is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1985. A C17 Cottage.
The Lilacs
- WRENN ID
- solitary-cellar-brook
- 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
- The Lilacs, Church End, Albury
- OS grid reference
- TL 434 246
- Coordinates
- 51.90216, 0.08337
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lilacs is a 17th-century cottage that features a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a tiled roof. The building stands two storeys high and includes a gabled cross wing on the west side. It has modern casement windows and doors, along with a modern addition to the west.
Local climate
The Lilacs 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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