Well Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House. 4 related planning applications.

Well Cottage

WRENN ID
weathered-oriel-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
House
Address
Well Cottage, Easthorpe Road, Copford, CO5 9HA
OS grid reference
TL 912 214
Coordinates
51.85896, 0.776
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Well Cottage is a 15th-century house that has been extensively restored. It features an exposed timber frame with plaster infill and a red plain tile roof. The building has a two-storey gabled crosswing at the east, which jetties to the north and east, supported by a corner post and dragon beam. The design includes decorated bressumers, arched wall braces, and a cambered tie beam. The plan is L-shaped, with the hall range having an inserted floor and consisting of one storey and attics. There is one modern gabled dormer. At the west end, there is a 16th-century extension with late 16th-century chimney stacks. The windows throughout the house are modern. Inside, much of the frame is exposed, including the hall crown post.

Local climate

Well Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 650 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 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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