Rowanbutt Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1975. A C17 House. 2 related planning applications.

Rowanbutt Cottage

WRENN ID
burning-tower-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 May 1975
Type
House
Address
Rowanbutt Cottage, Damask Green Road, Weston, SG4 7BH
OS grid reference
TL 258 298
Coordinates
51.95304, -0.17074
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rowanbutt Cottage is a house dating back to the 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century and renovations and an extension added in the late 20th century. The original timber frame has largely been replaced with brick, and the sills are black stuccoed. The roughcast exterior is complemented by a red brick garage and a link to the south and east front of a north extension. The roof is steeply pitched, covered in old red tiles, with a half-hipped design, a hipped garage roof, and a half-hipped roof to the north extension.

The original part of the house is a 1 1/2-story, 2-cell structure with an internal chimney and a lobby entry plan, facing south. There's a stair to the rear of the chimney stack. The 1 1/2-story north extension is set back on the east front. Dormers are visible on the south roof slope. The cottage features a 3-light casement window to the right of the entrance link, a 2-light casement on the east end, and a 3-light window on the extension. All windows have flush casements with small panes.

Local climate

Rowanbutt 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2003
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • 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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