Flaglands Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Cottage.

Flaglands Cottage

WRENN ID
outer-copper-auburn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Flaglands Cottage, 25, Queen Street, Castle Hedingham
OS grid reference
TL 783 353
Coordinates
51.98762, 0.59665
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Flaglands Cottage is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with 18th century and later alterations. It is timber framed and has parget plastered walls, topped with a red plain tiled roof. The building is in an L-plan shape and has one storey plus attics. On the right side, there are two gabled dormers, and to the left gable, there is a casement window with a label. The gable features a bargeboard. The ground floor on the right has a two-window range, while the left side has a red plain tiled bay with a central small paned door and sidelights. The left return includes a red tiled gabled porch with three steps leading to a 20th century boarded door. The cottage was originally part of the Sheepcote complex. Inside, notable features include heavy stop-chamfered bridging joists and 18th and 19th century doors.

Local climate

Flaglands 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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