Long Yards is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1974. Tenement, former cottages.
Long Yards
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-timber-nightshade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1974
- Type
- Tenement, former cottages
- Address
- Long Yards, Church End, Henham
- OS grid reference
- TL 544 286
- Coordinates
- 51.93498, 0.24528
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Long Yards is a 17th century timber-framed and plastered building that was originally two cottages but has been converted into one tenement. It has one storey and attics, featuring old iron casements with lattice leaded lights and boarded doors. The thatched roof is adorned with four swept dormers. Inside, the building showcases exposed timber-framing, ceiling beams and joists, old boarded doors with iron fittings, original floorboards on the first floor, and a brick floor on the ground storey.
Local climate
Long Yards 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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