Clarks Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Cottage.

Clarks Cottage

WRENN ID
worn-gateway-shade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
Clarks Cottage, Clavering Road, Wicken Bonhunt
OS grid reference
TL 499 332
Coordinates
51.97752, 0.18146
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Clarks Cottage is a 17th century timber-framed and plastered cottage that has been renovated in the 20th century. It is one storey high with an attic and features small casement windows. The roof is thatched and has half hips at the north-east and south-west ends, along with a central chimney stack and one dormer. The front of the cottage displays a modern date of 1650.

Local climate

Clarks Cottage 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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