Glebe Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.

Glebe Cottage

WRENN ID
gaunt-flint-soot
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 May 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Glebe Cottage, the Street, Foxearth, CO10 7JB
OS grid reference
TL 836 446
Coordinates
52.06977, 0.67863
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Glebe Cottage is a cottage that dates from the 16th century or earlier, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed with a timber frame and has a plastered exterior, topped with a thatched roof. The building has one storey and attics, featuring a gabled end facing the road. There is one small paned casement window on both the ground floor and the attic, and a central red brick chimney stack.

Local climate

Glebe Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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