Rooks is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. Cottage.

Rooks

WRENN ID
over-casement-jay
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 August 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Rooks, Drapers Chase Rayne, Felsted
OS grid reference
TL 718 219
Coordinates
51.86939, 0.49442
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

"Rooks" is a cottage, likely from the 18th century, standing two storeys tall with a single storey extension to the left. It features a thatched roof and a gabled enclosed porch. The structure is timber framed and plastered, with a two-window range of 20th-century casements and a plain board door. There are external red brick chimney stacks on both the left and right sides.

Local climate

Rooks 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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