Pollards Cross is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. House.
Pollards Cross
- WRENN ID
- narrow-pier-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Pollards Cross, Church Road, Hempstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 641 379
- Coordinates
- 52.01541, 0.38996
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pollards Cross is a late 16th century timber-framed and plastered house, designed in an L-shaped plan with wings extending to the west and north. The building has been restored and renovated in the 20th century, with all the timber-framing now exposed. It stands two storeys high with attics, featuring casement windows from the 20th century and tiled roofs. The south block includes an original central chimney stack that has four octagonal shafts with moulded caps and bases, set on a square base. Inside, the house showcases 17th century panelling and doors, along with exposed timber-framing, ceiling beams, and joists.
Local climate
Pollards Cross sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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