Hill End Farm Cottage, 1 and 2, and Adjoining Dairy is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1977. Farm cottages. 2 related planning applications.
Hill End Farm Cottage, 1 and 2, and Adjoining Dairy
- WRENN ID
- tired-ember-umber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1977
- Type
- Farm cottages
- Address
- Hill End Farm Cottage, 1 and 2, and Adjoining Dairy, SG4 7PT
- OS grid reference
- TL 199 239
- Coordinates
- 51.90126, -0.25812
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hill End Farm Cottage consists of two farm cottages, outhouses, and a dairy, all connected in one range. Built around 1911 by E.L. Lutyens, reportedly for Mrs. Fenwick, the structure features dark red brick in English bond with lighter red dressings and tile heads to the vent slots in the dairy. The first floor has red tile-hanging in a recessed center. The steeply pitched red tile roofs have continuous tiled eaves corbel but lack a bellcast.
The cottages form a single rectangular block with two storeys, facing north. The upper floor is illuminated by gable windows on the east and west sides, and there is a large central gable behind the chimney on the south side. The front is recessed in the center, creating a two-storey elevation between the lower wings. Notable features include moulded plank doors, small-pane wooden flush casements painted white, and small outhouse roofs linked to the main roof over cross passages. A massive central red brick chimney has clasping corner pilasters and a waisted top.
Adjoining the west outhouse is a long single-storey dairy building with a similar roof and eaves detail, featuring only three small ventilation slots along the north side facing the road.
Local climate
Hill End Farm Cottage, 1 and 2, and Adjoining Dairy 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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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 — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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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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