Cottage About 10 Metres East of Windmill House is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 May 1968. A C17 Outbuilding.
Cottage About 10 Metres East of Windmill House
- WRENN ID
- long-spandrel-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 May 1968
- Type
- Outbuilding
- OS grid reference
- TL 304 315
- Coordinates
- 51.96722, -0.10193
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This cottage, located about 10 meters east of Windmill House, is a 17th-century former dwelling that now serves as an outbuilding to Windmill House. It features a timber frame with a rendered exterior and a half hipped thatched roof. The structure consists of three bays and is a single storey. The exterior is decorated with pargetting in a diamond pattern.
The entrance is situated on the left and includes a tiled hood above a plank and muntin door. To the far left, there is a two-light flush frame leaded light casement, while to the right, there are two old three-light leaded pane casements, along with a second plank and muntin door at the far right. A ridge stack is positioned between the two right-hand bays. The right end facing the road has an attic two-light casement. At the rear, there is a flat-roofed weatherboarded extension.
Local climate
Cottage About 10 Metres East of Windmill House 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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