Kiln Wood Cottage and Linked Outhouse to South East is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. House. 4 related planning applications.

Kiln Wood Cottage and Linked Outhouse to South East

WRENN ID
rooted-hearth-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 February 1988
Type
House
Address
Kiln Wood Cottage and Linked Outhouse to South East, School Lane, Preston, SG4 7SA
OS grid reference
TL 184 243
Coordinates
51.90544, -0.27986
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kiln Wood Cottage and the linked outhouse were built in 1912 by E.L. Lutyens for H.G. Fenwick as an estate carpenter's house. The cottage is constructed from red brick in English bond, with lighter red brick dressings. It features a steep handmade tile roof with tiled courses at the bellcast eaves at the front and a catslide on a slightly flatter pitch at the rear. The linked outhouse, which is 1½ storeys high and half-hipped, uses similar materials.

The house has two storeys and faces east, with two ground floor front windows and a door located off-centre to the south. There is a long window positioned centrally under the eaves, leading to the stairwell. Inside, there is a large internal chimney located centrally. The ground floor front windows are two-light flush casements with small panes, set beneath a segmental light red brick arch. The jambs of the windows and doorway are also made of light red brick. The entrance features a half-glazed panelled door within a heavy frame, topped by a moulded flat hood supported on pierced shaped brackets. On the first floor, there is a four-light casement window.

The large chimney has clasping corner pilasters and a waisted top, with a gable at the rear. The rear outshut has a battered west wall that was later extended three-quarters along the rear in a matching style but with a vertical finish. There have been alterations to the windows at the southern end. Drawings related to the building are held in Hitchin Museum, dated November 1912.

Local climate

Kiln Wood Cottage and Linked Outhouse to South East 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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 — 1 transaction since 2024
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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