76a and 76b, The Hill is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. Cottage.
76a and 76b, The Hill
- WRENN ID
- crumbling-chamber-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 76a and 76b, The Hill, Wheathampstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 176 134
- Coordinates
- 51.80701, -0.2945
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 76A and 76B on The Hill is a 17th-century cottage pair that has been converted into one house. It features a timber frame with a later painted brick front and a plain tile roof. The building is one storey high with attics and has three 19th-century glazing bar casements. There are three gabled dormers, with the two on the right likely dating from the 18th century. The right half of the front projects slightly forward. Inside, the house retains exposed beams and joists.
Local climate
76a and 76b, The Hill 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
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