Gosfield Cottage and Attached Forecourt Railings is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
Gosfield Cottage and Attached Forecourt Railings
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-attic-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Gosfield Cottage and Attached Forecourt Railings, the Street, CO9 1TP
- OS grid reference
- TL 783 294
- Coordinates
- 51.93458, 0.59338
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gosfield Cottage is a house dating from the early to mid-19th century, constructed of red brick with a grey slate roof. It features three red brick chimney stacks, including an external chimney stack on the right side. The front has four windows, each with small paned vertically sliding sashes and gauged brick arches above them.
An enclosed porch adds character with Gothic sidelights that have moulded labels, and a two-panel door with glazed margins leading to a top light, along with a name fascia above. Extending forward from the porch is a notable flat-roofed iron canopy supported by fluted columns with moulded capitals and bases. The canopy is adorned with trefoiled arches and trellis infill.
The property includes attached curvilinear trellised railings set on gault brick plinths, topped with finials and urn heads on the moulded posts. There are double carriageway gates that match the railings, featuring trelliswork posts and mouldings leading to ball finials. Solid posts with similar mouldings and finials are present at the porch gateway, which has smaller double gates. The canopy and railings are significant features in the village.
Local climate
Gosfield Cottage and Attached Forecourt Railings 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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