Park Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Park Cottages

WRENN ID
mired-rotunda-fern
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Park Cottages, 3 and 4, the Street, Gosfield, CO9 1ST
OS grid reference
TL 782 298
Coordinates
51.9388, 0.59191
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Park Cottages is a pair of cottages located on the east side of The Street in Gosfield. They are similar in design to 1 and 2 Park Cottages but do not feature the batten decoration found on those cottages.

Local climate

Park Cottages sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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