Pentlow End is a Grade II* listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 November 1975. A Late C14 House. 12 related planning applications.
Pentlow End
- WRENN ID
- half-truss-marsh
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 November 1975
- Type
- House
- Address
- Pentlow End, School Lane, High Easter, CM1 4RE
- OS grid reference
- TL 621 162
- Coordinates
- 51.82122, 0.35099
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pentlow End is a house dating from the late 14th century and late 16th century. It features a crosswing constructed of English bond red brickwork, which is now plastered over, alongside an earlier timber-framed structure that was originally a two-bay open hall with black weatherboarding. All roofs are gabled and covered with peg tiles. The crosswing is two storeys high, while the main range has one storey and attics, with a single-storey gabled extension at the north end.
The crosswing includes three-light plastered brick mullioned windows with 20th-century casements, and the attic has a similar two-light casement. The south side of the crosswing has a contemporary brick stack with exposed brickwork and a rebuilt pair of brick shafts above. The main range features a central tall, thin ridgeline stack, one large gabled dormer, a smaller dormer, and a 20th-century roof light. The windows in this section are 20th-century metal casements.
Inside the late 16th-century crosswing, there are original brick arch-headed fireplaces on each floor and a raised collar and wind-braced side purlin roof. The upper former solar contains a timber-framed closet partition with turned balusters that create a ventilator opening above. The late 14th-century block retains the remains of a two-bay hall with jowled posts, arch braces to tie beams, and a very tall crown post with chamfered corners and short thick longitudinal braces. The high-end partition is intact, featuring bench peg holes, arched wall bracing, and remnants of a parlour door head. Fragments of an eight-light diamond mullioned hall window remain, showcasing a stop-chamfered square central mullion. The entrance door head, which has a slightly arched top, is still in place. A staircase includes one fretwork 17th-century baluster.
Local climate
Pentlow End 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 2023
- Related listed building consents — 12 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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