Whitebridge Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. Residential. 5 related planning applications.
Whitebridge Cottages
- WRENN ID
- swift-screen-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Chelmsford
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 June 1975
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Whitebridge Cottages, 1-4, Maldon Road, Margaretting, CM4 9JS
- OS grid reference
- TL 682 019
- Coordinates
- 51.69116, 0.43242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whitebridge Cottages, a late 18th century or early 19th century range of timber-framed and plastered houses, was formerly known as The Barracks and may have served as officers' quarters during the Napoleonic Wars. The building is two storeys high and features a six-window range with double-hung sash windows that have glazing bars. The doors are boarded, and the roof is tiled with half hips at both the east and west ends.
Local climate
Whitebridge Cottages 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 90% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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