Church Cottage Pump Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. Cottage.

Church Cottage Pump Cottage

WRENN ID
scattered-iron-russet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1962
Type
Cottage
Address
Church Cottage Pump Cottage, 1, Church Ponds, Castle Hedingham
OS grid reference
TL 784 356
Coordinates
51.99056, 0.59737
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Cottage and Pump Cottage are two cottages, likely from the 17th century, with later alterations and additions. They are constructed with a timber frame and covered in parget plaster. The cottages have a red plain tiled roof and feature two red brick chimney stacks. They are one storey high with attics and include a central gabled dormer. The front has a six-window range with various casements and sliding sashes, along with three vertically boarded doors. On the right side, there is a small extension made of brick and plaster with a grey slate roof, a red brick chimney stack, and a small paned casement window.

Local climate

Church Cottage Pump 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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