Broad Leys is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1983. House. 1 related planning application.
Broad Leys
- WRENN ID
- vast-frieze-wax
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Broad Leys, Cornells Lane, Widdington, CB11 3SP
- OS grid reference
- TL 540 314
- Coordinates
- 51.96002, 0.24088
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Broad Leys is a house dating from the early to mid 16th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and rendered exterior, topped by a hipped thatched roof. The building is generally two storeys high, featuring a lean-to thatched extension at the east end, along with a single-storey porch and outbuildings from the 20th century at both the front and rear. The windows are 19th century casements, and there is a small red brick ridge line stack that is off-centre. Inside, the house showcases an unusual and fairly complete 16th century timber framed open hall house design, with an 'in-line' plan form consisting of a two-bay hall, with bays at each end serving as solar/parlour and service rooms, and a simple crown post roof. A floor and stack were inserted in the late 18th century.
Local climate
Broad Leys 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- 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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