The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1983. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.

The Cottage

WRENN ID
sacred-baluster-nettle
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
The Cottage, Rakefairs Lane, Lindsell, CM6 3QR
OS grid reference
TL 643 269
Coordinates
51.9164, 0.38838
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a 17th-century cottage located on Lindsell Rakefairs Lane. It is timber-framed and has been plastered with a weatherboarded dado. The roof is thatched and the cottage has a single storey and attics. It features a four-window range of 19th-century casement windows. Red brick chimney stacks are situated in the centre and at the ends of the building. Group value is evident.

Local climate

The Cottage 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 — 7 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 5 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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