Roost End Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 March 1978. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Roost End Cottage

WRENN ID
stubborn-zinc-equinox
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
31 March 1978
Type
Cottage
Address
Roost End Cottage, Linnetts Lane, Sturmer, CB9 7XW
OS grid reference
TL 704 435
Coordinates
52.06393, 0.48564
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Roost End Cottage is a small hall house dating from the late 15th century to early 16th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The building is timber framed, plastered, and has a thatched roof. It is aligned approximately north to south, with a west-facing aspect. There is one axial chimney stack located north of the center and an external chimney stack at the south end. A 20th-century crosswing extends to the north, featuring a chimney stack in its north wall and a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The main block is a single storey with attics. The entrance has a 4-panel door from the 19th century, and there are five 20th-century casement windows on the ground floor, along with one on the first floor of the crosswing. There are no dormers on the front of the building, and the main chimney has been rebuilt above roof level.

Local climate

Roost End 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 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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