Hillcrest is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Hillcrest
- WRENN ID
- swift-kitchen-wagtail
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Hillcrest, 83, the Street, Little Waltham, CM3 3NT
- OS grid reference
- TL 707 129
- Coordinates
- 51.78899, 0.47469
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hillcrest is a small, 18th-century timber-framed cottage located on the west side of The Street in Little Waltham. It is set back from the road and has a front gable. The cottage is two storeys high, with casement windows and a tiled roof. It is included on the heritage register for its group value, forming a group with numbers 77 to 83 (odd), numbers 84 to 94 (even), and The Congregational Church.
Local climate
Hillcrest 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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