Spring Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Three Rivers local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1985. House.
Spring Cottage
- WRENN ID
- hushed-cobble-aspen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Three Rivers
- Constituency
- South West Hertfordshire MP: Mr Gagan Mohindra (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 October 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Spring Cottage, Plough Lane, Sarratt
- OS grid reference
- TL 042 001
- Coordinates
- 51.69024, -0.49344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Spring Cottage is a house that dates from the 16th century or early 17th century, but it was rebuilt in the late 18th century or early 19th century. Originally timber framed, it has been reconstructed using flint and brick, and is finished with whitewash and render. The roof is tiled. The building consists of two bays and has one storey with an attic.
On the ground floor, there are two sets of two-light timber casements set in brick surrounds, along with two light gabled half dormers and sprocket eaves. The right gable end features an entrance towards the front, with a plank door that has a cambered head, and one casement window. There is an external stack with a fixed casement window on the side facing the front, and tiled offsets lead to a free-standing shaft.
Attached to the left side of the house is a slightly lower three-bay barn that has been converted to form part of the dwelling. This barn is weatherboarded with a timber frame and has a gabled midstrey. Instead of doors, there are windows, with a two-light timber casement to the right and a leaded light in the top half of the stable door to the left. The rear elevation of the house is finished in red brick and features inserted casements. There are two stacks located at the rear of the barn.
Local climate
Spring 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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