Langley End Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1977. House. 2 related planning applications.

Langley End Cottage

WRENN ID
cold-rampart-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
North Hertfordshire
Constituency
Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 January 1977
Type
House
Address
Langley End Cottage, SG4 7PT
OS grid reference
TL 198 239
Coordinates
51.90088, -0.25919
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Langley End Cottage is a house dating to around 1911, designed by E.L. Lutyens for Mrs. Fenwick as part of a larger development at Hill End, now known as Langley End. The house is constructed of dark red brick in a stretcher bond, with dressings of lighter red brick. It features steep handmade tile roofs with bellcast eaves and continuous tile corbels beneath the eaves. Some windows have tile lintels and drips.

The house is a small, asymmetrical T-plan building, comprising a short, 1½-storey south wing and a longer, single-storey north range. The entrance is located on the south side of the north range, to the east of the south wing. Windows are flush, white-painted casements with small panes and heavy glazing bars. The east gable features a four-light window, while the south gable has a two-light window above a three-light window. Swept tiled valleys are present in the roof. Large, internal square chimneys are positioned at the north end of the south wing and along the ridge in the east part of the north range; each features clasping corner pilasters and a waisted top.

Local climate

Langley End 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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