Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House. 2 related planning applications.
Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- watchful-chimney-jackdaw
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- Thatched Cottage, High Street, Widdington, CB11 3SQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 538 315
- Coordinates
- 51.96099, 0.23735
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered cottage located on Widdington High Street. It is a two-story building with a two-window front. The windows are casements with glazing bars. A boarded door provides access. The roof is thatched, featuring an external chimney stack at the south end and another stack with attached shafts at the north end. A single-story addition with a tiled roof extends to the north.
Local climate
Thatched 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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