Cromwell Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. House. 1 related planning application.

Cromwell Cottage

WRENN ID
broken-porch-wax
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 October 1988
Type
House
Address
Cromwell Cottage, 67, High Street, Pirton, SG5 3PT
OS grid reference
TL 147 317
Coordinates
51.97273, -0.33021
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cromwell Cottage is a house that originated in the 16th century with a rear range that was renovated in the 18th century, and it features a mid-19th century front block. The building has a timber frame that is roughcast, but the frame is exposed on the north side. The front block is constructed of grey brick and has a steeply pitched roof that is now covered with slate, featuring a half-hipped end with gablets. The front block has a low-pitched tiled roof that extends down to the ridge of the older range at the rear.

This long house, which is one and a half storeys tall, faces south, with the front half obscured by a two-storey, three-window-wide front block. The older range includes a large external west gable chimney and an internal chimney in the eastern part. There is a gabled dormer at the eaves on the southern half, which is obscured by the front block, featuring an 18th-century leaded plate casement window. The ground floor has two flush casement windows with two lights.

The north side displays an exposed frame with two gabled dormers at the eaves. The symmetrical south front of the front block features projecting end gable chimneys and red brick segmental arches over recessed sash windows that include margin lights. A gabled central porch with a half-glazed door is also present. Additionally, there is a single-storey outhouse made of grey brick and slate attached to the northeast corner of the main range.

Local climate

Cromwell 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 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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