Wytmead is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 December 1983. House. 2 related planning applications.

Wytmead

WRENN ID
scarred-cobble-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Welwyn Hatfield
Constituency
Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 December 1983
Type
House
Address
Wytmead, High Road, Essendon, AL9 6AW
OS grid reference
TL 274 087
Coordinates
51.76309, -0.15505
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wytmead is a house dating from the 17th century, constructed with a timber frame and refronted in the early 19th century. It features a broad gable end facing the road, which has an uneven shape. The exterior is roughcast, and the roof is covered with slate. On the north side, there are two external chimney stacks made of 18th-century red brick. The house is two storeys high with attics. The ground floor has two 8/8-pane sash windows located to the left of the entrance, which consists of a door with four flush panels and two glazed panels. A porch with simplified Tuscan columns leads to the door. On the first floor, there are three windows with 4/8 panes, and one attic window of the same style. To the right, there is a late 19th-century canted two-storey bow.

Local climate

Wytmead 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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