The Comet Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 July 1981. Public house.
The Comet Public House
- WRENN ID
- other-transept-ochre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 July 1981
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Comet Public House, Barnet by Pass
- OS grid reference
- TL 212 082
- Coordinates
- 51.76019, -0.2442
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Comet Public House is a hotel built in 1933 by E B Musman. It features a design that is said to resemble an aeroplane, constructed from red brick with stone dressings on a steel frame. The building is two storeys high, with a prominent centrepiece that has a rounded end, and the ground floor extends beyond the first floor. On either side, there are wings that are also half round but only one storey tall. The side elevations have five windows, predominantly featuring original steel framed windows, although two modern windows have been added in previously blank wall sections on the front. Clipsham stone dressings are present above and below the windows and on the parapets. The flat roofs are not visible, and the original roof lantern has been removed. The interior has undergone alterations. This building is recognized as a pioneering hotel in the modern style.
Local climate
The Comet Public House 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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