Wood End Farm Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
Wood End Farm Cottages
- WRENN ID
- western-alcove-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Wood End Farm Cottages, 1 and 2, Redbourn Road (B487)
- OS grid reference
- TL 085 099
- Coordinates
- 51.77769, -0.42796
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wood End Farm Cottages, consisting of Nos 1 and 2, are a pair of cottages dating from the late 16th century or early 17th century. They feature a timber frame that was extended at the rear in the mid to late 19th century. The cottages have a plain tile roof and a front facade that is cased in 17th century and 20th century red brick, while the rear is finished in stucco. The building is two storeys high and the front section comprises two bays. There are three glazing bar casements, with the rightmost window having a segmental head. The cottages also have 17th century end chimney stacks that have been restored in the 20th century. The rear section includes four recessed sash windows.
Local climate
Wood End Farm Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% 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 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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