1-3, Valley Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House. 1 related planning application.
1-3, Valley Cottages
- WRENN ID
- sheer-loggia-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- 1-3, Valley Cottages, Tabors Hill, Great Baddow, CM2 7BP
- OS grid reference
- TL 727 051
- Coordinates
- 51.71852, 0.49954
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Valley Cottages comprises a 17th-century timber-framed house with an 18th- to 19th-century plastered front, featuring two gables facing the front. The building is two storeys high and has a four-window range of 19th-century double-hung sash windows with vertical glazing bars. Number 3 has a five-panel door, while numbers 1 and 2 have 20th-century doors, all within wooden doorcases with architraves and cornices. A carriageway is located between numbers 2 and 3. The roofs are tiled. The cottages form a group with Manor House, Manor Place, Manor Lodge, and a property located at Number 1 Maldon Road.
Local climate
1-3, Valley Cottages 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 76% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 7 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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