1 and 2 Little Jessops is a Grade II listed building in the Brentwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1976. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

1 and 2 Little Jessops

WRENN ID
spare-stronghold-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Brentwood
Constituency
Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1976
Type
Cottage
Address
1 and 2 Little Jessops, Blackmore Road, Blackmore, Hook End and Wyatts Green, CM4 0NZ
OS grid reference
TL 609 008
Coordinates
51.68372, 0.3263
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

1 and 2 Little Jessops are a pair of attached cottages built in the early 19th century, with extensions added in the late 19th century. The cottages are timber-framed, weatherboarded, and plastered, with roofs made of handmade red clay tiles. They have a rectangular plan facing approximately north and feature a central stack.

The exterior is two storeys high, with a full-length two-storey lean-to extension at the rear, which is roofed with corrugated iron. There are two 19th-century external stacks located at the back of this extension. Each cottage has a small 20th-century conservatory at the rear, positioned between the stacks, though they differ in design. No. 1, on the left, has a two-window range of original sashes with 6:6 lights and an original plain door with a narrow canopy supported by simple profiled brackets. No. 2, on the right, features three similar windows, but the upper left sash has been replaced by a casement. It has a 20th-century half-glazed door with a similar canopy. A painted brick plinth, approximately 0.7 meters high, surrounds the cottages. The side elevations are plastered, while the remainder is weatherboarded. The roof is hipped. No. 1 has an original horizontal sash with 6:6 lights on the ground floor of the left elevation, while the corresponding window in the right elevation of No. 2 appears to have been altered.

Inside, No. 2 has a 17th-century moulded three-plank ledged oak door that was introduced between two ground-floor rooms, likely added when the rear extension was constructed. There are 20th-century grates. The building is depicted on the tithe map from 1846. Its character is defined by the simplicity of the original windows and door, along with the weatherboarded and tiled surfaces.

Local climate

1 and 2 Little Jessops sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 96% 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 — 2 transactions since 1997
  • 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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