Mill Cottage at Purwell Farm is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 October 1973. A C18 Residential. 5 related planning applications.
Mill Cottage at Purwell Farm
- WRENN ID
- lone-doorway-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 October 1973
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Mill Cottage at Purwell Farm, SG4 0NF
- OS grid reference
- TL 203 294
- Coordinates
- 51.95026, -0.24962
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Mill Cottage at Purwell Farm is a building from the 18th century or earlier, with alterations from the 19th century. It is constructed of whitewashed brick, featuring some exposed timber framework on the first floor. The roof is old and tiled, with ornamental bargeboards on the side gable end and a similar bargeboard on the gabled dormer. The cottage is one storey with attic space. It has lattice casement windows that include pointed arched lights and dripmoulds on the side elevation. This building is included for its group value, as all listed buildings in Purwell form a cohesive group.
Local climate
Mill Cottage at Purwell Farm 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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