Walnut Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Walnut Tree Cottage

WRENN ID
hollow-remnant-auburn
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
Walnut Tree Cottage, 203 Main Road, Great and Little Leighs, CM3 1NS
OS grid reference
TL 731 180
Coordinates
51.83458, 0.51187
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Walnut Tree Cottage is a small timber-framed and plastered cottage, dating from the 18th century or early 19th century. It has one storey and features a two-window range with casement windows and a boarded door. The roof is thatched. Walnut Tree Cottage is part of a group that includes Green Tones, The Glen, Apple Tree Cottage, Brenwood Cottage, and Champions, with Green Tones and The Glen being buildings of local interest.

Local climate

Walnut Tree 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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