Watts Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Watts Cottage

WRENN ID
young-passage-meadow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
Watts Cottage, the Street, Manuden, CM23 1DN
OS grid reference
TL 490 267
Coordinates
51.91947, 0.16602
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Watts Cottage is an 18th-19th century timber-framed and plastered building. It has two storeys and an eight-window front, featuring iron casement windows with glazing bars. The roof is thatched, with a half-hip at the south end and one central chimney stack and one end chimney stack.

Local climate

Watts 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 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 8 transactions since 1996
  • 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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