Wratten Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1974. House. 8 related planning applications.
Wratten Cottage
- WRENN ID
- low-railing-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wratten Cottage, Wratten Road
- OS grid reference
- TL 181 289
- Coordinates
- 51.94639, -0.28254
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wratten Cottage is an early 19th century house situated on Wratten Road. It is constructed of stucco and has a hirned Welsh slated roof, featuring two box dormers. The house has two storeys and an attic. There are four sash windows, and one window in a recessed extension, all set in reveals. First-floor cast iron balcony railings are present. A trellis porch with a concave hipped roof is attached to the front.
Local climate
Wratten 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 — 2 transactions since 2007
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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