Keepers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1982. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Keepers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- dusted-steeple-reed
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1982
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Keepers Cottage, Clatterbury Lane, Arkesden, CB11 4HA
- OS grid reference
- TL 482 336
- Coordinates
- 51.98129, 0.15776
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Keepers Cottage is an 18th century timber framed and rendered cottage. It has a 'T' shape, is single storey with attics, and features a half hipped, thatched roof. The front elevation includes a central contemporary door with a hood and original iron casements with leaded lights. There is a central brick stack that has been rebuilt and raised in height. The flank windows have been replaced with modern casements.
Local climate
Keepers Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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 0.4°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 — 2 transactions since 2016
- 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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