Tighshee and Willow Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. A C17-C18 House. 2 related planning applications.
Tighshee and Willow Cottage
- WRENN ID
- former-rotunda-spring
- 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
- Tighshee and Willow Cottage, the Street, Roxwell, CM1 4PB
- OS grid reference
- TL 645 085
- Coordinates
- 51.75143, 0.38253
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Tighshee and Willow Cottage is a house from the 17th and 18th centuries, featuring a cross wing at the north end. The building is primarily weatherboarded, with the first storey of the main block finished in plaster. It has two storeys and attics, with casement windows throughout. The roof is tiled and includes one gabled dormer. The central square chimney stack was rebuilt in the 20th century. Additionally, there is a 20th-century extension on the north side of the cross wing. Tighshee and Willow Cottage is part of a group that includes Cherry Tree Cottages, The Ferns, The Chequers Inn, Broadgates, The Church of St Michael and All Angels, Nos 1 and 2 The Bishops, Cottage End, Burrells Cottage, and Rose Cottage.
Local climate
Tighshee and Willow Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% 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 — 8 transactions since 1995
- 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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