Bakery Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. A C16-C17 House.

Bakery Cottage

WRENN ID
sharp-trefoil-ebony
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
Bakery Cottage, Little Waltham
OS grid reference
TL 715 154
Coordinates
51.81138, 0.48697
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bakery Cottage is a 16th to 17th century timber-framed and plastered house, featuring a 20th century gabled wing at the south end. The building has one storey and attics, with casement windows. The roof is tiled and includes three gabled dormers. Inside, the cottage showcases exposed timber-framing and a winder staircase.

Local climate

Bakery 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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