Thatched Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Thatched Cottage
- WRENN ID
- endless-groin-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Thatched Cottage, Broxted, CM6 2BX
- OS grid reference
- TL 575 270
- Coordinates
- 51.91996, 0.28931
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Thatched Cottage is a late 16th century small house located in Broxted Church End. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a thatched roof. The cottage has one storey and attics, featuring a four-window range with 19th century casements and a large gabled dormer. The layout consists of a two-bay plan with an original central chimney stack. Inside, most of the original frame is preserved, showcasing stop-chamfered mantel beams. There are modern extensions at both the east and west ends.
Local climate
Thatched Cottage 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 3 transactions since 1996
- 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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