Saffron Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House. 3 related planning applications.
Saffron Cottage
- WRENN ID
- brooding-storey-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- Saffron Cottage, Church Street, Chrishall, SG8 8QT
- OS grid reference
- TL 447 391
- Coordinates
- 52.0323, 0.10892
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Saffron Cottage is a timber-framed and plastered house dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. It stands at a right angle to the road, with a more modern wing at the southwest end extending to the southeast. The cottage was renovated in the 20th century. It is a single storey with attics, and features casement windows. The roof is thatched and half-hipped at the northeast end, with three dormers.
Local climate
Saffron Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 2010
- 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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