1 and 2, Chapel Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 May 1984. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
1 and 2, Chapel Lane
- WRENN ID
- upper-arch-spindle
- 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
- 1 and 2, Chapel Lane, Chigwell, IG7 6JJ
- OS grid reference
- TQ 459 931
- Coordinates
- 51.61863, 0.10733
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This listing describes a pair of cottages located on Chapel Lane in Chigwell, built in the early 19th century and extended in the 20th century. The cottages are timber-framed and clad with weatherboards, featuring a roof of handmade red clay tiles. A central chimney stack rises between the two cottages. They are aligned approximately north-south, facing west. A parallel range of buildings to the rear was added in the 20th century and is roofed with interlocking concrete tiles. The cottages are two storeys high. The front has one half-glazed door, one plain boarded door, each with a shallow hood, and two 19th-century casement windows. The first floor has two 19th-century casement windows and one 20th-century casement window.
Local climate
1 and 2, Chapel Lane 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2004
- 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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