Kents Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House. 4 related planning applications.
Kents Cottages
- WRENN ID
- gentle-chalk-scarlet
- 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
- Kents Cottages, 1-4, High Street, Great Chesterford, CB10 1PR
- OS grid reference
- TL 510 428
- Coordinates
- 52.06363, 0.20172
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Kents Cottages comprise a range of houses dating from the early 19th century. They are timber-framed and have been plastered over. The houses are two storeys high and have a four-window front. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars. There are three four-panel doors and one panel-glazed door, all approached by steps. The roofs are slate-covered, with two central chimney stacks.
Local climate
Kents Cottages sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 18 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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