Ivy Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. House.
Ivy Cottage
- WRENN ID
- shifting-pediment-meadow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ivy Cottage, 7, Crabtree Lane, Pirton
- OS grid reference
- TL 147 317
- Coordinates
- 51.97231, -0.3311
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ivy Cottage is a house that dates back to the 17th century or earlier, with renovations and a north wing added in the later 20th century. It features a timber frame on a brick sill, with exposed timbers and plaster panels that have a basket-weave pattern, topped by steep old red tile roofs. The house is T-shaped and faces south, consisting of a 1.5-storey short hall range and a lower 2-storey west crosswing that projects only to the rear. The 2-storey north wing added in the 20th century is not of special interest. The windows are leaded casements, which have been renewed. The entrance is located on the left-hand side of the crosswing's gable end, with a 3-light casement window to the right and another on the first floor. The higher hall range has a 3-light casement on the ground floor, a single-light window aligned with a large internal east gable chimney, and a gabled dormer at the eaves that projects forward with a plastered cove below. The entire frame leans to the left-hand side.
Local climate
Ivy Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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