Ring Hill Cottage and Number 2 is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House.

Ring Hill Cottage and Number 2

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
House
Address
Ring Hill Cottage and Number 2, Walden Road, Littlebury
OS grid reference
TL 517 396
Coordinates
52.03463, 0.21089
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ring Hill Cottage and No 2 is an early 16th century timber-framed and plastered house with two bays, positioned at right angles to the road. It has two storeys, with the upper storey jettied on the road front. Shortly after the original house was built, a hall block was added to the east side, along with a smoke bay that featured an open hearth against the east wall. This smoke bay was discovered during renovations and showed significant smoke blackening. A floor was later added, likely in the 17th century, when a brick chimney stack was constructed. There is a lean-to addition on the east end. The windows include both horizontal sliding sashes and casements. The doorway leading to the cross passage of the hall has cyma and hollow moulding, along with a broach footstop, indicating it dates from the first quarter of the 16th century. The roofs are tiled, featuring a gabled dormer and a central square chimney stack for the hall block. The roof of the two-storeyed section includes a crown post.

Local climate

Ring Hill Cottage and Number 2 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 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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 0.4°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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