Sycamore Cottage the Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. House.
Sycamore Cottage the Cottage
- WRENN ID
- scattered-beam-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Sycamore Cottage the Cottage, Snailswell Lane, Ickleford
- OS grid reference
- TL 180 324
- Coordinates
- 51.97764, -0.28269
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sycamore Cottage and The Cottage is a house, now divided into two homes, dating from around 1730, with a rear extension added in the 19th century. The building features red brick with blue headers in a chequered pattern, a red brick rear extension, and a steeply pitched roof that is now covered with slate. It is two stories high and three windows wide, facing south and set back from the road. The roof extends down at the rear over an outshut extension. The layout consists of two cells with internal gable chimneys located at the east and west ends. The original doorway is off-centre to the east, with a later second door added immediately to the left, creating a symmetrical front. The façade includes a plat band, rusticated brick block jambs, segmental arches over the openings, and quoins at the corners. The windows are three-light casements, with a narrower central window on the first floor.
Local climate
Sycamore Cottage the Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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