Palfryman's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Palfryman's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- proud-window-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Clacton MP: Nigel Farage (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Palfryman's Cottage, Great Bentley Green, CO7 8QG
- OS grid reference
- TM 110 216
- Coordinates
- 51.85359, 1.06248
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Palfryman's Cottage is a cottage that dates from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations and additions made in the 18th century and later. It has a timber frame and is faced with red brick from the 18th century, with plastered returns. The cottage features an off-centre left red brick chimney stack and is one storey high with attics. There are three gabled dormers and four 20th-century three-light diamond leaded casements. A 20th-century outshot porch is present, which includes a matching two-light window and a vertically boarded door. Internally, bridging and flat section ceiling beams are visible. The cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Palfryman's Cottage receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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