Franckes is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1979. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Franckes
- WRENN ID
- late-pilaster-rye
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 May 1979
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Franckes, Harlow Road, Moreton, CM5 0DL
- OS grid reference
- TL 533 077
- Coordinates
- 51.74705, 0.21958
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Franckes is a cottage dating from the 17th or 18th century. It is timber-framed and plastered, with a thatched roof. The cottage is one storey high, with attics. The front facade has a three-window arrangement featuring 19th and 20th-century casement windows, one of which is cast iron. Two gabled dormers project from the roof. Red brick chimney stacks are present. The building is of group value.
Local climate
Franckes sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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