Waltham Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Enfield local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 January 1974. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Waltham Cottage

WRENN ID
winding-stair-torch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Enfield
Constituency
Enfield North MP: Feryal Clark (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 January 1974
Type
Cottage
Address
Waltham Cottage, Forty Hill, EN2 9EU
OS grid reference
TQ 339 985
Coordinates
51.66981, -0.06462
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Waltham Cottage is a restored 18th century cottage that stands two storeys tall and features three windows. It has a tiled roof and a red brick front with a parapet. The cottage showcases gauged flat yellow brick arches above recessed sash windows that include glazing bars. The ground floor windows are fitted with external louvred shutters. The entrance door consists of six flat panels and is topped with a radial fanlight. There is a large modern extension at the back of the cottage.

Local climate

Waltham Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% 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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