Restcot is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1984. A C19 Cottage.
Restcot
- WRENN ID
- far-groin-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Restcot, Matching
- OS grid reference
- TL 536 109
- Coordinates
- 51.77579, 0.22557
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Restcot is a cottage dating from the early 19th century. It is timber framed and weatherboarded, with a roof made of handmade red clay pantiles. The building is aligned approximately east to west and features an axial chimney stack. At the rear, there is a lean-to extension along with a small flat-roofed extension. The cottage has two storeys and includes a 20th-century porch. Each floor has three horizontally sliding sash windows, each consisting of four lights, which were added in the late 19th century.
Local climate
Restcot sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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