Priory Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 August 1985. House.
Priory Cottage
- WRENN ID
- hollow-gargoyle-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 August 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Priory Cottage, 174, High Road
- OS grid reference
- TQ 150 939
- Coordinates
- 51.63288, -0.33868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Priory Cottage is a house built around 1840, constructed of stuccoed brick with a hipped slate roof. This two-storey, two-bay villa features an entrance in an extra bay that is set back to the left. The door is set within a moulded round arch. On the ground floor, there are French windows leading to a verandah with a coved roof. The first floor has cross windows with glazing bars and moulded architraves. A stack is located at the centre front of the building. The house has been extended to the sides. The interior has not been inspected. Priory Cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Priory Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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