Shetlocks Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 October 1984. Cottage.

Shetlocks Cottages

WRENN ID
shifting-plinth-sienna
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Epping Forest
Constituency
Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
26 October 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Shetlocks Cottages, 1 and 2, Harlow Road, Matching
OS grid reference
TL 511 112
Coordinates
51.77934, 0.18956
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Shetlocks Cottages is a pair of cottages dating from the 17th century, which were remodeled in the 19th century. They are timber framed and covered in yellow stock brickwork, featuring horizontal bands of red bricks on the front. The cottages have a peg tile roof and a red brick chimney stack. They are two stories tall, with one room on each floor in each cottage. The cottages were expanded in the 19th century with a rear extension that is contemporary with the brick casing of the original structure. The entrance doors are located at the extreme ends of the front elevation, with modern windows nearby; above these are three timber casement windows. The roof is hipped and has a large ridge stack. The 19th-century extension has two gables at the rear, separated by a chimney stack. Inside, each cottage features a large open fireplace with a timber lintel that has a stop-chamfered design with cyma stops, and a timber newel stair located between the stack and the front wall. The main elements of the frame are exposed on the interior.

Local climate

Shetlocks Cottages 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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