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

Pipers Cottage the Cottage

WRENN ID
crooked-wattle-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
House
Address
Pipers Cottage the Cottage, 2, Watchouse Road, Galleywood
OS grid reference
TL 716 035
Coordinates
51.70403, 0.48296
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Pipers Cottage and No 2 (The Cottage) is a timber-framed and plastered house that has been altered in the 18th century and later, and is likely from the 16th or 17th century. The building has two storeys and features a three-window range with 20th-century casements that include glazing bars. The roof is tiled and hipped at both the north and south ends, with small gablets. Inside, the cottage has exposed beams.

Local climate

Pipers Cottage the 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 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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