Plough Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. A C17 to C18 Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Plough Cottage
- WRENN ID
- ancient-mantel-plover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Plough Cottage, White Notley, CM8 1RG
- OS grid reference
- TL 773 194
- Coordinates
- 51.84576, 0.57295
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Plough Cottage is a 17th and 18th century cottage situated on The Green in White Notley. It is timber-framed with plaster infill and has a red plain tiled gambrel roof. Two red brick chimney stacks are present, along with four catslide dormers. The cottage is one storey high with an attic space. It features a four-window front with 3-light leaded casement windows. A door is located at the rear.
Local climate
Plough Cottage 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- 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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