Nos 1 and 2 Springfield Dukes Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 December 1978. A C18 Cottage.
Nos 1 and 2 Springfield Dukes Cottages
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-roof-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Chelmsford MP: Marie Goldman (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 December 1978
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Nos 1 and 2 Springfield Dukes Cottages, Springfield Green
- OS grid reference
- TL 719 079
- Coordinates
- 51.74375, 0.4892
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 1 and 2 Springfield Dukes Cottages are two 18th century cottages that have had later additions. They are timber framed and plastered, featuring a two-window range. A modern porch extends the length of the front, and there are rear wings. It is reputed that Oliver Goldsmith stayed in one of these cottages and wrote part of "The Deserted Village" here.
Local climate
Nos 1 and 2 Springfield Dukes 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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