Coverts is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1983. Cottage. 7 related planning applications.
Coverts
- WRENN ID
- stranded-latch-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Coverts, Thaxted, CM6 3PZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 628 305
- Coordinates
- 51.94942, 0.3675
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 17th-century cottage located in Thaxsted Bardfield End Grew. It is timber-framed and plastered, with a thatched roof. The cottage is a single storey with attics, and has two windows, now fitted with modern leaded casements. There are two gabled dormers and a thatched porch. The original central chimney stack is constructed of red brick. Internally, the timber frame remains largely intact, featuring original fireplaces, mantel beams, and a number of original doors.
Local climate
Coverts 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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