Lilac, Viola and Wren Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Thurrock local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1960. Cottage.
Lilac, Viola and Wren Cottages
- WRENN ID
- grey-crypt-cedar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Thurrock
- Constituency
- Thurrock MP: Jen Craft (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 February 1960
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Lilac, Viola and Wren Cottages, Wren Cottage, High Road, RM16 5UE
- OS grid reference
- TQ 603 803
- Coordinates
- 51.49891, 0.30843
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lilac, Viola, and Wren Cottages are a 17th-century terrace of three cottages located on the north side of High Road in Stifford. The cottages are timber-framed and plastered, topped with thatched roofs. They stand two storeys tall and feature a six-window range of 18th-century double-hung vertical sliding sashes with glazing bars. A central gabled dormer adds to the architectural interest, while red brick chimney stacks and two lean-to thatched porches complete the exterior.
Local climate
Lilac, Viola and Wren Cottages sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2026
- No related consent applications matched
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