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

Parsonage Cottage

WRENN ID
pale-transept-bone
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
House
Address
Parsonage Cottage, the Street, Pleshey
OS grid reference
TL 663 143
Coordinates
51.80345, 0.41192
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Parsonage Cottage is a 18th century timber-framed and plastered house, possibly originating from the 17th century. It has two storeys and features a two-window range with casement windows and a plain doorway. The roof is thatched, and the front displays some pargetted panels. There is a single-storey addition at the south-west end, which has a tiled roof. Parsonage Cottage is part of a group that includes the Old Post House, House of Retreat with Old White Horse, 1 and 2 White Horse Cottages, St Michaels Cottages, Vale House, The Folly, Rose Cottage, Butlers, and House and Mount Stores.

Local climate

Parsonage Cottage 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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  1. St Michaels Cottages Grade II 24 m
  2. 1 and 2 White Horse Cottages Grade II 26 m
  3. K6 Telephone Kiosk (to north west of Old Post House) Grade II 27 m
  4. Old Post House Grade II 30 m
  5. Vale House Grade II 31 m
  6. House of Retreat Grade II 38 m
  7. The Old White Horse Grade II 41 m
  8. The Folly Grade II 63 m
  9. Tyle Barn Grade II 79 m
  10. Rose Cottage Grade II 84 m