Doves Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1984. Cottage.
Doves Cottages
- WRENN ID
- over-doorway-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 May 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Doves Cottages, 1, Gravel Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6DB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 463 933
- Coordinates
- 51.62031, 0.11327
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Doves Cottages is a mid-19th century cottage built of stock bricks in Flemish bond, topped with a slate roof. It is situated against the west gable of number 2 Doves Cottages and features two chimney stacks at the party wall, facing south. The cottage has two storeys, a 20th-century glazed door, and one double-hung sash window with 12 lights set under a segmental brick arch on the ground floor. On the first floor, there is a similar window with a straight head. This building is included for group value.
Local climate
Doves 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 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2001
- No related consent applications matched
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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