Risden Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 January 1986. House.
Risden Cottage
- WRENN ID
- former-quartz-bone
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 January 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Risden Cottage, Church Farm Lane, Rushden
- OS grid reference
- TL 305 314
- Coordinates
- 51.96623, -0.10096
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Risden Cottage is a house located on Rushden Church Farm Lane, dating from the 17th century or early 18th century, with a 20th-century extension. The building features a timber frame that is rendered, and it has a half hipped thatched roof. The structure consists of two cells and is one storey high with an attic. The exterior showcases diamond pattern pargetting. The entrance is positioned to the left of the centre and is flanked by single light casements, while there is a three-light casement to the right, all of which are from the 20th century and include leaded lights. There is a ridge stack with a rebuilt cap, and the gable ends contain one and two-light casements. The right gable end has a weatherboarded ground floor. The cottage also has a long, low, L-shaped 20th-century addition at the rear, which is rendered and thatched.
Local climate
Risden Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% 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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