Goldington's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Goldington's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- standing-dormer-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Goldington's Cottage, Goldington's Farm Road, Colne Engaine, CO6 2JJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 836 301
- Coordinates
- 51.93939, 0.66999
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Goldington's Cottage is a house dating from the 16th century or earlier, and altered in the 20th century. It is timber-framed, with plaster walls and a thatched roof. The original form comprised three bays facing southeast, with a small lean-to extension to the rear. A one-bay extension was later added to the right, alongside a 20th-century external stack at the end. A large external stack at the left end was rebuilt in the 20th century, and a further 20th-century single-storey extension exists beyond. The cottage has one storey with attics. The front has three horizontal sash windows with 24 lights each, two 20th-century casements, and three casements within gabled dormers. The rear elevation features three 20th-century casements, further casements in gabled dormers, an exposed 16th-century chamfered plinth made of red brick in English bond, and an exposed original groundsill. Internally, the studding is exposed, along with chamfered axial and transverse beams with plain horizontal joists. A chamfered mantel beam has been re-fitted in the rebuilt end hearth. Original wattle and daub infill remains in a partition wall. The roof was not inspected. In 1960, the exterior was weatherboarded. Previously known as Goldington's Farmhouse.
Local climate
Goldington's Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 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 67% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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