Sparrows is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. House.

Sparrows

WRENN ID
fallow-window-sedge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1967
Type
House
Address
Sparrows, Cage End, Hatfield Broad Oak
OS grid reference
TL 546 164
Coordinates
51.82484, 0.24209
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Sparrows is a house dating from the 16th century. It features a timber frame and plastered exterior, with exposed joists on the long wall and a jettied front. The building has two storeys and a gabled roof covered with peg tiles. At the east end of the ridge line, there is a concertina type 17th-century red brick stack. The front of the house has 20th-century hardwood framed casements with rectangular leaded lights. This is a typical long-wall jetty house from the mid-16th century, with the service end located at the west, where the timber frame is exposed inside. One original jetty bracket remains, along with two later copies.

Local climate

Sparrows sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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