Fir Tree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 June 1975. A Early 19th century, extended in the 20th century Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Fir Tree Cottage
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maldon
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 June 1975
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Early 19th century, extended in the 20th century
- Address
- Fir Tree Cottage, Hackman's Lane, Purleigh, CM3 6RE
- OS grid reference
- TL 814 028
- Coordinates
- 51.69514, 0.62343
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fir Tree Cottage is an early 19th-century cottage, extended in the 20th century. It is timber-framed with plastered walls and a thatched roof. The cottage has three bays facing southwest, with a central chimney stack. A small, 19th-century lean-to roof extension forms a catslide. A 20th-century wing was added to the rear of the left corner, connected to the original cottage by a small flat-roofed link. The cottage has one storey, with three 20th-century casement windows and a 20th-century half-glazed door. The roof is hipped. Records from 1846 describe the property as including a house, smithy, and associated premises.
Local climate
Fir Tree Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 58% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 81% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 3 transactions since 2008
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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