Cherry Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Cottage.

Cherry Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
hallowed-fireplace-moth
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
Cherry Tree Cottage, High Road, Great and Little Leighs
OS grid reference
TL 729 176
Coordinates
51.83067, 0.50846
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cherry Tree Cottage is a small timber-framed and plastered cottage from the 18th century or early 19th century, featuring a later addition on the south end. The building has one storey and attics. The windows are double-hung sashes with single vertical glazing bars. The roof is thatched and includes one gabled dormer, while the addition has a pantiled roof.

Local climate

Cherry Tree 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 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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