Brook Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1986. House. 3 related planning applications.
Brook Cottage
- WRENN ID
- moated-iron-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Brook Cottage, Dane End, Therfield, SG8 9RH
- OS grid reference
- TL 346 364
- Coordinates
- 52.01015, -0.04003
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brook Cottage is a house that dates from the 17th century or earlier and was built in two phases, with alterations made in the 20th century. The structure features a timber frame that is rendered in parts and includes some brickwork. It has steeply pitched roofs covered with machine-made tiles. The house is arranged in two sections, with the right section having a steeper roof pitch, which suggests it may have originally been an open hall.
The entrance is located in a 20th-century projecting porch to the right of the center. The windows consist of two and three light small pane flush frame casements, and there are three light attic windows that have been inserted. On the left end of the slightly lower right block, there is a rebuilt stack made of 19th-century gault brick. The right end of the house shows exposed plates and purlins, while the left end is faced with brick. There is also a 20th-century single-storey flat-roofed outbuilding located to the front right, which is of no special interest.
Local climate
Brook Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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