Lucks Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House. 6 related planning applications.

Lucks Cottage

WRENN ID
over-hearth-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
House
Address
Lucks Cottage, Main Road, Howe Street, Great Waltham, CM3 1BG
OS grid reference
TL 696 147
Coordinates
51.80532, 0.45975
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Lucks Cottage is a timber-framed and plastered house that dates back to the 17th century. It was previously marked with the date 1799 on a panel at the front, but this is now no longer visible. The house has two storeys and features a three-window range with 20th-century casements that have lattice leaded lights. There are two doorways, each topped with flat hoods supported by brackets. The roof is tiled and includes a central square chimney stack. Lucks Cottage is part of a group that also includes Thatches and Tudor House.

Local climate

Lucks 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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