Blacksmiths Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1984. House. 4 related planning applications.
Blacksmiths Cottages
- WRENN ID
- third-rampart-flax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Blacksmiths Cottages, 1, 2, and 3 Blacksmiths Cottages, the Street, High Ongar, CM5 9NF
- OS grid reference
- TL 566 037
- Coordinates
- 51.71064, 0.26594
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blacksmiths Cottages comprise a terrace of three houses dating to the late 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. They are constructed of timber framing and plaster, with a partially brick facade, and feature a red plain tile roof. The houses are two storeys high and have a four-window front, incorporating 3-light 18th and 20th-century casement windows, one bay of 19th-century sash windows with glazing bars, and three flat canopies supported by brackets. The recessed entrances have cambered arches. Two hipped dormers are present. The eaves are dentilled. A central red brick chimney stack and a 19th-century yellow stock brick chimney stack on the east side are notable features.
Local climate
Blacksmiths 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 96% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 5 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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