The White Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Three Rivers local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1977. House. 9 related planning applications.

The White Cottage

WRENN ID
lunar-solder-blackthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Three Rivers
Constituency
South West Hertfordshire MP: Mr Gagan Mohindra (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 1977
Type
House
Address
The White Cottage, the Green, Sarratt, WD3 6BL
OS grid reference
TQ 042 996
Coordinates
51.68567, -0.49395
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White Cottage is a house built around 1840 to 1850, constructed from stuccoed brick with a slate roof. This two-storey, three-bay villa features a central door topped with a rectangular fanlight. On the ground floor, there are shallow canted bays with casement windows, all sheltered by a slender wooden post verandah that has a scalloped valance and a leaded roof. The first-floor windows are sash style, set in reveals with slightly cambered heads. The eaves and bargeboards also have a scalloped valance. There is an extruded stack at the right end of the building. The White Cottage is slightly taller than the adjacent Sarratt House, which has a more steeply pitched roof. The interior has not been inspected. This building is included for its group value.

Local climate

The White 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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