39, West End is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Cottage.

39, West End

WRENN ID
tangled-frieze-crag
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 November 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
39, West End, Ashwell
OS grid reference
TL 263 393
Coordinates
52.03846, -0.15916
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

39 West End is a cottage dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It has a timber frame with plastered walls and a thatched roof. The building stands two storeys high and features three glazing bar casements, with a central eaves casement dormer on both the front and rear elevations. There is a red brick ridge stack located towards the right side of the roof. The cottage likely consists of three small bays.

Local climate

39, West End 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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