The White Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House. 1 related planning application.
The White Cottage
- WRENN ID
- quiet-keep-crimson
- 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
- House
- Address
- The White Cottage, Coast Road, West Mersea, CO5 8PA
- OS grid reference
- TM 001 130
- Coordinates
- 51.78056, 0.90024
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White Cottage is an 18th-century building of two storeys, constructed with a timber frame and plastered walls. It has a ridged, gabled, and peg-tiled roof, with a hip ending to the south. Two red brick chimneys are present, one flanking the left gable and another near the apex of the hip. The central ground-floor front door is flanked by four dissimilar modern casement windows with leaded lights. Three segmental pairs of leaded casements are located on the first storey, along with a single pair of casements also on the first-floor level. Applied timber detailing is present. The building is included on the heritage register for its group value.
Local climate
The White Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 1 transaction since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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