Knowles Cottage South of Cherry Tree Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Knowles Cottage South of Cherry Tree Inn
- WRENN ID
- floating-ember-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Knowles Cottage South of Cherry Tree Inn, Belchamp St. Paul, CO10 7BY
- OS grid reference
- TL 783 413
- Coordinates
- 52.04193, 0.59974
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Knowles Cottage, located south of the Cherry Tree Inn, is a cottage that dates from the 17th century or earlier, with later additions and alterations. It features a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a thatched roof. The building has one storey and attics, characterized by a central eyebrow dormer and 19th-century casement windows. To the left, there are two small paned horizontal sliding sash windows, and to the right, there is a small casement window. The entrance is a 20th-century door with a top light set in a plain surround. An off-centre red brick chimney stack adds to its charm.
Local climate
Knowles Cottage South of Cherry Tree Inn 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 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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