Glenmore Thorley's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. A C18 Cottage.

Glenmore Thorley's Cottage

WRENN ID
outer-tallow-vetch
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
Cottage
Address
Glenmore Thorley's Cottage, Main Road, Little Waltham
OS grid reference
TL 707 116
Coordinates
51.7775, 0.47369
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Glenmore Thorley's Cottage is a range of 18th century timber-framed and plastered cottages, currently divided into two tenements. The building has two storeys and features a four-window range with double hung sashes that include glazing bars. There are two later fret porches, and the roofs are tiled, complemented by a moulded wood eaves cornice and two end chimney stacks. This cottage is part of a group that includes Thorley's Farmhouse, Glenmore, Laburnum Cottage, Off Licence Store, Runnymede Cottage, Runnymede Foxes, and Maltings.

Local climate

Glenmore Thorley's 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 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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