May Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Three Rivers local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 October 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
May Cottage
- WRENN ID
- endless-landing-nettle
- 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
- May Cottage, Old Uxbridge Road, WD3 9XP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 032 915
- Coordinates
- 51.61344, -0.5105
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
May Cottage is a house dating from the early to mid 17th century. It features a timber frame with brick nogging, and the ground floor is partly colourwashed. The roof is tiled and the building consists of three bays, with two storeys and an attic. The central entrance has a plank door, and there are three-light casement windows on either side set in reveals. The structure displays exposed end posts, a middle rail, studs, and tension braces. On the first floor, there are two two-light timber glazing bar casements and two hipped dormers. A stack has been added to the right front, while the original external stack is located on the left end, which is buttressed and rises from a broad base, featuring a casement window towards the front. The return wall behind the stack projects further than the front. The right end shows exposed framing with two and three-light casements and a weatherboarded gable. The entrance is located in the original continuous outshut at the rear. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
May Cottage 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 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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