Walnut Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Walnut Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 July 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Walnut Tree Cottage, Church Street, Great Maplestead, CO9 2RH
OS grid reference
TL 807 342
Coordinates
51.97763, 0.6297
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Walnut Tree Cottage is a cottage that dates from the 17th century or earlier, with later additions and alterations. It is constructed from timber framing and plaster, featuring a half-hipped thatched roof with a half hip facing the road. There is also a half-hipped extension at the rear. The cottage has a central red brick chimney stack and is one storey high with attics. It includes two eyebrow dormers and a three-window range of two and three light leaded casements. The entrance is marked by a nailed plank and muntin door.

Local climate

Walnut Tree 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2008
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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