Plough Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1973. Cottages.

Plough Cottage

WRENN ID
dusk-glass-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 November 1973
Type
Cottages
Address
Plough Cottage, 93, Church Street
OS grid reference
TL 759 258
Coordinates
51.90333, 0.55553
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Plough Cottage is a surviving section of a range of small timber-framed and plastered cottages from the 17th to 18th century, now functioning as a single tenement. The building has one storey and attics, featuring a three-window range with casement windows. Access to the doorway is via a flight of steps from the pavement. The roof is tiled and includes three sloping dormers.

Local climate

Plough Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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