2, Workhouse Yard is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1983. House. 1 related planning application.
2, Workhouse Yard
- WRENN ID
- sacred-vault-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2, Workhouse Yard, Great Easton, CM6 2HB
- OS grid reference
- TL 611 255
- Coordinates
- 51.90529, 0.34071
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house dating from the early 19th century, situated within the former Great Easton Workhouse Yard. It is a two-storey building with a timber frame, now plastered, and features a gabled roof covered in peg tiles. The windows are modern casement windows. The house abuts Rosemary Cottage to the south and Shamrock Cottage to the north. A cast iron pump is located in the front garden. The building is listed primarily for its group value, in the context of the surrounding workhouse structures.
Local climate
2, Workhouse Yard 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
- 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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