Ruskin Cottage, East of Ford Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. A Georgian Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
Ruskin Cottage, East of Ford Farm
- WRENN ID
- veiled-forge-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Georgian
- Address
- Ruskin Cottage, East of Ford Farm, Braintree Road, Great Dunmow, CM6 1HU
- OS grid reference
- TL 640 221
- Coordinates
- 51.87336, 0.38113
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ruskin Cottage, located east of Ford Farm, is an 18th-century cottage that features a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a red plain tile roof. The building has one storey and attics, with a two-window range showcasing original casements that have pointed heads. Additionally, there are two gabled dormers.
Local climate
Ruskin Cottage, East of Ford Farm 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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2002
- 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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