Thrift Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Thrift Cottages
- WRENN ID
- ruined-brass-candle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Thrift Cottages, 1 and 2, Boxted Straight Road, CO4 5RA
- OS grid reference
- TL 997 312
- Coordinates
- 51.94418, 0.90445
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thrift Cottages, dating to around 1600, are a pair of cottages located north of the road, in Boxted. They form a long range aligned north to south, incorporating a modern addition along the rear wall. The cottages are timber-framed and plastered, with a thatched ridge and gable roof, featuring a single eyebrow dormer centrally. A red brick chimney is situated near the centre of the roof. The first floor displays chamfered bridging joists and soffit-tenoned common joists. Windows include three-paned sliding sashes and some modern casements. The front has two plain 19th-century doors.
Local climate
Thrift Cottages sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2002
- 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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