West Cottage and East Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. House.
West Cottage and East Cottage
- WRENN ID
- inner-cloister-river
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- West Cottage and East Cottage, Stortford Road, Little Canfield
- OS grid reference
- TL 583 213
- Coordinates
- 51.86829, 0.29784
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
West Cottage and East Cottage is a house dating from the 17th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a half hipped roof covered in red plain tiles. The building has one storey and attics, featuring a range of four windows with modern casements and two gabled dormers. There is a single storey extension at the east end. Some of the original timber frame is exposed internally.
Local climate
West Cottage and East 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 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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