Cottage Opposite to East of Lynden is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Cottage.

Cottage Opposite to East of Lynden

WRENN ID
long-bailey-tarn
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
Cottage Opposite to East of Lynden, Mill Road, Boxted
OS grid reference
TL 998 315
Coordinates
51.94648, 0.90662
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 16th century or earlier cottage located on Boxted Mill Road, opposite to the east of 'Lynden'. The cottage is framed in timber and has a plastered exterior with a ridged, gabled thatched roof. There is a red brick chimney situated near the north end of the building. On the east elevation, there is one eyebrowed dormer, a modern door, and two modern leaded casement windows on each side. To the right, there is a lower extension.

Local climate

Cottage Opposite to East of Lynden 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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