No 126 and Fern Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 March 1984. A C17-C18 House pair. 6 related planning applications.
No 126 and Fern Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-spindle-furze
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Stevenage MP: Kevin Bonavia (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 March 1984
- Type
- House pair
- Address
- No 126 and Fern Cottage, 126 and 128, High Street, Codicote, SG4 8XE
- OS grid reference
- TL 217 181
- Coordinates
- 51.8486, -0.2342
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 126 and 128, known as Fern Cottage, are a pair of houses with a 17th-century origin. The timber frame was recased in the mid-18th century using chequered red brick. The roof is covered with plain tiles and features a large chimney stack on the front slope. The chimney shafts are grouped, with the right two having 17th-century bases and the tops, along with the left shaft, dating to the 18th century. The houses are two storeys high and have three windows across the front; the centre window on the first floor is blank. The windows are mostly 8/8-pane sashes, with a 19th-century shop window on the left ground floor. The doors are located within a shared brick frame and are set under a segmental arch. A 19th-century lean-to has been added to the left side.
Local climate
No 126 and Fern 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 85% 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 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 5 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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