The Norden is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House.
The Norden
- WRENN ID
- small-pier-russet
- 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
- The Norden, Cambridge Road, Quendon and Rickling, CB11 3XJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 514 305
- Coordinates
- 51.95322, 0.20188
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Norden is a 17th century timber-framed and plastered house located on the west side of Cambridge Road in Quendon and Rickling. It features a cross wing at the south end and a later extension to the east at the north end. The building has two storeyed wings and a central block that is one storey with attics. The windows are casement style and date from the 20th century. The roofs of the south wing and the central block are tiled, with the south wing having a hipped roof, while the north wing is thatched. The central block includes two gabled dormer windows and an original central chimney stack with three diagonal shafts.
Local climate
The Norden 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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