Numbers 1-4 Stores Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Numbers 1-4 Stores Cottages

WRENN ID
roaming-portal-hawk
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1967
Type
Cottage
Address
Numbers 1-4 Stores Cottages, Braintree Road, Shalford
OS grid reference
TL 722 291
Coordinates
51.93434, 0.50361
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Two attached houses, now divided into four cottages, dating from the 18th century and altered in the 20th century. The buildings are timber-framed, with plaster rendering and a roof of handmade red clay tiles. They form a long range facing northeast, with three chimneys positioned along the main ridge. The two storeys feature five 19th-century casement windows on the ground floor, alongside two former shop windows which project forward from the main elevation. On the first floor are two 19th-century casements and two late 19th-century tripartite sash windows, each with 2-4-2 panes. The front doors include a six-panel door with fluted jambs and a hood supported by profiled brackets at number 1; a similar door at number 2, with the top two panels glazed and recessed between the two former shop windows; a door similar to that of number 2 at number 3; and a plain boarded door at number 4. The roof is half-hipped at each end.

Local climate

Numbers 1-4 Stores Cottages 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 13 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • Radon risk assessment
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