The Little Priory and Brewers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. Hall house. 1 related planning application.
The Little Priory and Brewers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- western-arch-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1968
- Type
- Hall house
- Address
- The Little Priory and Brewers Cottage, 26 and 26a, High Street, Kimpton, SG4 8RJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 177 183
- Coordinates
- 51.85166, -0.29226
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 16th-century hall house with cross wings, later divided into two properties, The Little Priory and Brewers Cottage. The eastern cross wing, now modified, dates to the 16th century, while the western cross wing is larger and was constructed in the mid-17th century. The building is largely clad in late 19th-century red brick. The western cross wing retains exposed timber framing and pargeting, along with a substantial red brick chimney stack featuring two diagonal shafts. The roof is covered with plain tiles. The house is one storey in height with attics. Windows are 19th-century wooden casements, and there are two 17th-century gabled dormers. An early 17th-century chimney stack was inserted into the hall, set within a 16th-century smoke bay, with two shafts joined on the ridge. A tall 17th-century stack is located on the rear of the eastern side. The western end has a catslide roof.
Local climate
The Little Priory and Brewers Cottage 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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