31 and 32, The Downs is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. A C19 Cottages. 1 related planning application.
31 and 32, The Downs
- WRENN ID
- unlit-newel-fog
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1984
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- 31 and 32, The Downs, Great Dunmow, CM6 1DT
- OS grid reference
- TL 626 223
- Coordinates
- 51.87583, 0.36134
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
31 and 32 The Downs are a pair of semi-detached cottages built in the early 19th century. They are timber framed and plastered, topped with a slate gabled roof. The cottages are two storeys high and share a party wall, featuring a ridge line stack. On the first floor, there are two double-hung sash windows with small panes and one 20th-century sash window. The ground floor has an overhang at the west end, which is supported by an octagonal timber post, and includes two doorcases with flat hoods on scroll brackets. The early 19th-century sash windows are present, but the ground floor of No. 32 has a four-light 20th-century casement window.
Local climate
31 and 32, The Downs 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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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 0.3°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
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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