Bay Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House. 2 related planning applications.

Bay Cottage

WRENN ID
weathered-buttress-wind
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
House
Address
Bay Cottage, 19, High Street, Stock, CM4 9BD
OS grid reference
TQ 692 990
Coordinates
51.66455, 0.44567
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bay Cottage is an early 19th century brick house that has been painted. It stands two storeys tall and features a two-window range with double-hung sashes that have glazing bars, set in plain reveals. The doorway is adorned with stucco pilasters and a cornice. The roof is hipped and covered with slate. Bay Cottage is part of a group that includes Nos 17 to 25 (odd), as well as Nos 27, 29, and 31.

Local climate

Bay 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 90% 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 2023
  • 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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