Elizabeths Cottage is a Grade II* listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1983. A Medieval House. 3 related planning applications.
Elizabeths Cottage
- WRENN ID
- still-corbel-candle
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1983
- Type
- House
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Elizabeths Cottage, Duton Hill, Great Easton, CM6 2DZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 603 268
- Coordinates
- 51.91748, 0.33054
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Elizabeths Cottage is a house dating from around 1500, constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, featuring one storey and attics. It has a half-hipped peg tile roof that includes three small gabled dormers and two small red brick stacks along the ridgeline. The front of the cottage features a central 20th-century gabled peg tile porch and timber casement windows. This remarkable small open-hall house has a later inserted floor and stack. It consists of a two-bay hall with heavy arch braces supporting the tie beam, a crown post roof, remnants of an in-line parlour bay that is open to the roof, and a complete service/solar bay. An additional bay has been added at the eastern end. The framing is very complete, and the use of side purlins on jowled posts over the service/solar bay is a unique feature. The top plates of the hall exhibit halved and bridled scarf joints.
Local climate
Elizabeths 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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