The Old Cottage 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.
The Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- vast-shingle-curlew
- 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
- The Old Cottage, Highwood, CM1 3SJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 638 058
- Coordinates
- 51.72723, 0.37167
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Cottage is a timber-framed and plastered house, likely dating from the 16th century. It features a cross wing at the south end that jetties out on the first storey. The exterior is now faced in pebbledash, and the main block is one storey with attics, while the cross wing is two storeys high. The cottage has casement windows with lattice leaded lights. The roof is tiled and has a half hip at the north end, along with three gabled dormers.
Local climate
The Old 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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