Cob Wall is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. A C18 Wall. 1 related planning application.
Cob Wall
- WRENN ID
- gilded-roof-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 November 1984
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Cob Wall, Gardiners Lane, Ashwell, SG7 5LZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 266 397
- Coordinates
- 52.0414, -0.15531
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cob Wall on the west side of Gardiners Lane in Ashwell is a Grade II listed structure, likely built in the 18th century and restored in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is constructed of white cob and features a thatched coping. The wall has a white brick plinth, predominantly from the 19th century, and measures approximately 80 metres in length, with a canted plan that returns for 6 metres at the south end. The wall stands about 3 metres high.
Local climate
Cob Wall 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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- 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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