Howlett Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. A C17-C18 Residential. 1 related planning application.
Howlett Cottage
- WRENN ID
- far-marble-curlew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Howlett Cottage, Wimbish, CB10 2XW
- OS grid reference
- TL 588 345
- Coordinates
- 51.98678, 0.31207
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Howlett Cottage is a timber-framed and plastered building dating from the 17th to 18th century. It has been renovated and stands one storey high with attics. The front features a two-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars. A modern gabled porch extends from the front. The roof is tiled and half hipped at both the east and west ends, and it includes two gabled dormers, one of which previously displayed the date 1799.
Local climate
Howlett Cottage 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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 — 11 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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