Well Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1983. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
Well Cottage
- WRENN ID
- strange-cobble-martin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Well Cottage, Thaxted, CM6 3PZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 628 304
- Coordinates
- 51.94911, 0.36753
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Well Cottage is a 17th or 18th century cottage with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a thatched roof. The building has one storey and attics, featuring an L-shaped plan. It includes modern casement windows and has a modern plaque inscribed with "WW 1793."
Local climate
Well Cottage 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 — 10 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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