Almshouse is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 January 1975. House, almshouse. 3 related planning applications.
Almshouse
- WRENN ID
- tattered-cellar-sunrise
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 January 1975
- Type
- House, almshouse
- Address
- Almshouse, Cage End, Hatfield Broad Oak, CM22 7HW
- OS grid reference
- TL 546 163
- Coordinates
- 51.82441, 0.24229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building is a former almshouse dating from the early 17th century. It features a timber frame with plaster and has a gabled roof covered in asbestos slate. The structure is two storeys high and includes an off-centre diagonal shafted ridge line stack, along with another smaller ridge line stack. The windows are a mix of 20th-century two-light casements and horizontal sash windows, all with small panes. The entrance door is off-centre, creating a 'baffle entry' plan with three bays. The well-constructed frame includes jowled posts and braces that interrupt the wall studs, as well as stop-chamfered bridging joists. The roof is supported by side purlins and features halved and bladed scarf joints.
Local climate
Almshouse 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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 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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