Kites' Lodge is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Cottage.
Kites' Lodge
- WRENN ID
- broken-dormer-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Kites' Lodge, Downham Road, South Hanningfield
- OS grid reference
- TQ 720 961
- Coordinates
- 51.63819, 0.48517
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kites' Lodge is a 19th-century, likely early, plastered cottage designed in a simple cottage ornee style. It was built as an entrance lodge and has a T-shaped plan, consisting of one storey. The main block faces west and features a central gabled rustic porch with a thatched roof and a door with two nail studs. The west front has a two-window range with 20th-century mullioned and transomed casements. At the north end, there is a small canted bay with 20th-century casements and a thatched roof. A central wing extends to the east at the rear. The roof is thatched, and there are brick stacks, contributing to its picturesque appearance.
Local climate
Kites' Lodge 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 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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