Thatched Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Hertsmere local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
Thatched Cottages
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-clay-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hertsmere
- Constituency
- Hertsmere MP: Sir Oliver Dowden (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Thatched Cottages, 1 and 2, Woodhall Lane, Shenley, WD7 9AS
- OS grid reference
- TL 191 001
- Coordinates
- 51.68754, -0.27759
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A symmetrical pair of early 19th-century brick cottages, located on the southwest side of Woodhall Lane in Shenley. The cottages are colour-washed and have hipped thatched roofs, exhibiting a picturesque "Cottage orné" style. They are one storey in height, with an attic space. Each cottage has two windows facing the front; these are glazing bar sash windows set in deep reveals with cambered heads. There are lunettes in the attic, with eyebrow detailing to the thatching. Steps lead back to entrances on either side. The plank doors have cambered heads. A central pair of capped brick chimney shafts rises above the roofline, with two diagonally set squares to each chimney. The thatch has shallow segmental arched eaves on the return walls. A one-storey tiled extension is attached to the right side of No. 2. The interiors were not inspected.
Local climate
Thatched Cottages 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 — 7 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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