Old Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Old Cottage
- WRENN ID
- empty-rubble-azure
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Brentwood and Ongar MP: Alex Burghart (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Old Cottage, Mill Lane, High Ongar, CM5 9RQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 562 026
- Coordinates
- 51.7009, 0.25961
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 17th-century cottage located on Mill Lane in High Ongar. It is timber-framed and originally plastered, now with a red plain tile, half-hipped roof. The cottage has two storeys and a lean-to extension to the front. It follows a small three-bay plan with an additional chimney bay. The front features a three-window range with 20th-century leaded casements, and two gabled dormers have been added. An original red brick chimney stack is present, featuring attached diagonal shafts. The original timber frame remains visible internally.
Local climate
Old Cottage 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 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 — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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