Centuries is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House.

Centuries

WRENN ID
unlit-sandstone-rye
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
Centuries, 293, Birchanger Lane
OS grid reference
TL 511 224
Coordinates
51.88037, 0.19426
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Centuries is a timber-framed and plastered house dating from around 1600, although it has been faced in pebble-dash. The building is two storeys high and features a three-window range, primarily consisting of 19th-century iron casements with glazing bars. At the east end of the front, there is a bay with a one-window range that jetties on the upper storey. The roof is tiled.

Local climate

Centuries 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 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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