Manor Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. House. 3 related planning applications.

Manor Cottages

WRENN ID
graven-flue-ebony
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
28 May 1987
Type
House
Address
Manor Cottages, 1-6, Church Green, Wymondley, SG4 7HA
OS grid reference
TL 213 285
Coordinates
51.94236, -0.23544
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

A block of six estate houses, now private residences, was built in 1871 for C.W. Wilshere, the Lord of the Manor. The houses enclose the north side of the Green in Great Wymondley. Constructed of red brick, they feature steep-pitched, handmade red tile roofs with bands of scalloped tiles, and extended catslide roofs to single-storey outshuts at the rear. The houses form a long, two-storey block with double-fronted facades, facing south. Each house is planned with a central entrance, end chimneys, and especially large chimney stacks at the ends of the overall block. A boxed water pump stands at the west gable end. The houses are symmetrical, with three windows wide, and feature casement windows. Pointed relieving arches are above the ground-floor windows, and segmental arches over the doors. The houses were formerly known as Golden Row. They are included on the list for their group value.

Local climate

Manor Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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