Vine Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1988. House. 3 related planning applications.

Vine Cottage

WRENN ID
wild-turret-wagtail
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 February 1988
Type
House
Address
Vine Cottage, the Green, Preston, SG4 7UB
OS grid reference
TL 179 247
Coordinates
51.90856, -0.28626
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Vine Cottage is a house dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, with the front plastered and a timber frame in the west gable triangle now covered in red brick. The house features a steep old red tile roof.

This two-storey, two-cell house has an end-chimney plan and faces south. The entrance leads into a larger east room, which has an internal east gable chimney and a winding stair that was formerly located beside the chimney on the north side. The south front includes a low stucco plinth, with two windows on each floor and a door situated between the lower windows. The windows are two-light flush casements with small panes, and there is a segmental arch over the window to the right of a three-quarter glazed door.

Inside, the cottage has an exposed chamfered axial beam, with joists that are squared on both floors. There is also evidence of a plaster ceiling in the roofslope for the attics in the loft. A small west gable window has been blocked. At the rear, there is a lean-to outshut and a new stair outside the rear wall in a tile-hung enclosure. Additionally, there is a two-storey east crosswing that contains a shop, which is not of special interest.

Local climate

Vine 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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