Manor Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Cottage.

Manor Cottage

WRENN ID
guardian-facade-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
Cottage
Address
Manor Cottage, Layer Breton Heath
OS grid reference
TL 944 184
Coordinates
51.83075, 0.82038
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Manor Cottage is a small, early 19th-century keeper's cottage associated with the Manor House. It is constructed of painted brick and features a grey slate pyramid roof. The cottage has a square plan and is a single storey with a two-window range. The windows are double hung vertical sliding sashes with glazing bars. A central grey gault chimney stack is present.

Local climate

Manor 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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