Crowbush Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. A C18 or early C19 Cottages. 4 related planning applications.
Crowbush Cottages
- WRENN ID
- grim-stair-russet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Crowbush Cottages, the Village, Great Waltham, CM3 1AT
- OS grid reference
- TL 695 135
- Coordinates
- 51.7953, 0.45724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A range of cottages dating from the 18th or early 19th century, originally timber-framed and now plastered. The front of the ground storey is faced with painted brick. The cottages are one storey high with attics. They have casement windows with leaded lights. A gabled porch projects from the front. The roof is tiled, with three gabled dormers. The listed buildings in the village form a group, including Dweina, No. 1 Elm Cot, Lime Tree Cottage, and the Almshouses, which are of local interest.
Local climate
Crowbush Cottages 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 86% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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