Hob Stevens Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 December 1981. House.
Hob Stevens Cottage
- WRENN ID
- blind-kitchen-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 December 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hob Stevens Cottage, Lower Road, Layer Breton
- OS grid reference
- TL 942 178
- Coordinates
- 51.82527, 0.81703
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hob Stevens Cottage is a late 16th century or early 17th century house that features a timber frame with painted weatherboarding, which is partly covered in brick. The roof is made of red plain tiles. The cottage is two storeys high and has a rectangular plan, with later extensions added to the rear and a 19th century extension at the north end. The front has a range of four windows, which include 19th century and modern casements with glazing bars. There is a 17th century chimney stack and a 19th century chimney located at the north end of the building.
Local climate
Hob Stevens 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 greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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