Peters Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Cottage.

Peters Cottages

WRENN ID
sacred-gargoyle-falcon
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
Peters Cottages, Barrack Lane, Great Waltham
OS grid reference
TL 690 135
Coordinates
51.79549, 0.44954
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Peters Cottages is a timber-framed and plastered cottage dating from the 18th to 19th century. It has one storey and attics, with casement windows. The roof is tiled and features half-hipped ends at both the east and west sides.

Local climate

Peters 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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