Rowan Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1984. House.
Rowan Cottage
- WRENN ID
- knotted-paling-moth
- 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
- Rowan Cottage, Cannon's Lane, Fyfield
- OS grid reference
- TL 574 062
- Coordinates
- 51.7325, 0.27843
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rowan Cottage is a house that dates from the 16th century or earlier. It features a timber frame with plaster, and part of the exterior is cased in flint with red brick dressings. The roof is covered with red plain tiles and has both hipped and half-hipped sections. The building has two storeys and includes a crosswing at the south end. The windows consist of a three-window range with 19th and 20th century casements, as well as 19th century horizontal sliding sashes that have glazing bars. There is a red brick chimney stack, and the rear of the house has 20th century extensions. A 20th century gabled porch has also been added.
Local climate
Rowan Cottage 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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