The Chequers is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The Chequers
- WRENN ID
- vacant-bonework-onyx
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Chequers, 43 and 45, Heath Lane, Codicote
- OS grid reference
- TL 212 181
- Coordinates
- 51.84905, -0.24044
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Chequers is a cottage dating from the early 18th century, with an extension added around 1980. It is built of chequered red brick and has a plain tile roof. The original part of the building is one storey with attics and features three segmental-headed ground floor windows, which have mid-19th century three-light casements in early oak frames. There is a door in the style of the 18th century, set in a chamfered oak surround. The cottage also has three 20th century gabled dormers. The extension includes two similar dormers above a garage, alongside an 18th century stack at the junction, and another stack at the right gable end. A roughcast rear extension is likely from the 18th century as well.
Local climate
The Chequers 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 85% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 1 application
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- 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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