Wayside Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 November 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.

Wayside Cottage

WRENN ID
sombre-nave-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 November 1984
Type
House
Address
Wayside Cottage, 87, Back Street, Ashwell, SG7 5PG
OS grid reference
TL 264 394
Coordinates
52.03866, -0.15845
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wayside Cottage is a house dating from the late 17th century. It features a timber frame with clunch and plaster walls, and a brick plinth. The roof is covered with modern pantiles and the building has two storeys. There are two windows on the front; the upper floor has glazing bar casements, while the ground floor has sash windows. The entrance is marked by a panelled door with a moulded wood reveal. A rebuilt ridge stack is located on the left centre of the cottage, and the right gable end has an upper floor that jetties out on straight brackets.

Local climate

Wayside Cottage 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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