29-31, Parsonage Downs is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. Cottages. 2 related planning applications.
29-31, Parsonage Downs
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-hinge-falcon
- 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
- 29-31, Parsonage Downs, Great Dunmow, CM6 2AT
- OS grid reference
- TL 621 233
- Coordinates
- 51.88517, 0.35519
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of cottages located at 29-31 Parsonage Downs, dating from the early 17th century. They are constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a red plain tile roof. The cottages are one storey high with attics and feature a range of four 20th-century casement windows. There are six gabled dormers and a lean-to extension at the rear. Inside, some of the timber frame is exposed.
Local climate
29-31, Parsonage 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 2024
- 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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