Flint Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Welwyn Hatfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 February 1952. Farmhouse.
Flint Cottage
- WRENN ID
- knotted-newel-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Welwyn Hatfield
- Constituency
- Welwyn Hatfield MP: Andrew Lewin (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 February 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Flint Cottage, West End, Essendon
- OS grid reference
- TL 259 083
- Coordinates
- 51.75959, -0.17617
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Flint Cottage is a farmhouse that was previously listed as Hornet Hall Farmhouse. It has a core that dates back to the 17th century or earlier, constructed from timber framing. The exterior features late 19th-century facing made of flint and yellow stock brick, topped with plain tile roofs. The building forms part of a tripartite group, with the right side showcasing small and large gable ends from a cross wing. The east wall of the wing is made of 17th-century brick and timber frame. A 17th-century red brick stack is located on the ridge at the center of the entire range. The front has four segmental-headed windows, which are three-light glazing bar casements with brick dressings and banding. There is a lower unit at the left end, and the rear is weatherboarded.
Local climate
Flint 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 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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