Nell Gwynn Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 February 1952. House. 4 related planning applications.
Nell Gwynn Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gilded-rampart-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 February 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Nell Gwynn Cottage, Shenley, AL2 1BU
- OS grid reference
- TL 195 028
- Coordinates
- 51.71183, -0.27138
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nell Gwynn Cottage, originally a pump house for Salisbury Hall, dates to the early 18th century and has been extended and altered in the 20th century. The building is principally red brick, with some timber framing. It has a hipped tiled roof and two storeys, arranged over five bays. Windows are timber casements with scattered glazing bars. A gabled timber porch with a brick base and nogging in the gable sits to the right of the central entrance. The eaves are dentilled brick. End stacks are located in the hips of the roof. The rear of the cottage faces the moat and features a mix of 20th-century casements with leaded lights, and some exposed timber studs. A 19th-century dairy is situated to the right and is linked by a 20th-century lean-to addition. A hipped, single-storey extension has been added to the left front. The ground floor interior retains exposed timbers.
Local climate
Nell Gwynn Cottage 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 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 1 transaction since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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