The Black Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Epping Forest local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 January 1972. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Black Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-zinc-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Epping Forest
- Constituency
- Epping Forest MP: Dr Neil Hudson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 January 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Black Cottage, 73, CM16 4DZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 451 012
- Coordinates
- 51.69116, 0.09903
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Black Cottage is a house dating from the early 17th century, with alterations from the 18th century. It is characterised by its weatherboarding and tiled roof. The building is two storeys high with an attic, featuring flush-sash windows and a gabled dormer.
Local climate
The Black Cottage 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 31 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 2012
- 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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