Bennett's Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. Cottage.
Bennett's Cottages
- WRENN ID
- vacant-pinnacle-sorrel
- 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
- Bennett's Cottages, Common Lane, Ashwell
- OS grid reference
- TL 260 410
- Coordinates
- 52.05317, -0.16328
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Bennett's Cottages is a terrace of cottages dating from the 18th century. They are constructed with a timber frame, featuring a painted brick plinth and plastered walls. The roof is covered with pantiles, which were previously thatched. The cottages have two storeys and are topped with two 18th century and one 19th century ridge chimney stacks. The northeast side has six windows, which are mostly mid-19th century Yorkshire casements with leading or glazing bars, except for one 18th century leaded casement located near the far end. There are two doors, and at the far end, there is a single-storey outshut that is weatherboarded and dates from the 18th to 19th century. The interiors feature wide inglenooks.
Local climate
Bennett's Cottages sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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