Flying Rats is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. A 17th century Cottage, public house.
Flying Rats
- WRENN ID
- woven-solder-gilt
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1984
- Type
- Cottage, public house
- Period
- 17th century
- Address
- Flying Rats, Broadway, Great Dunmow
- OS grid reference
- TL 637 237
- Coordinates
- 51.88827, 0.37827
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Flying Rats is a cottage that was formerly a public house, dating from the 17th century or earlier. It features a timber-framed and plastered construction with a thatched roof. The building is one storey high with attics. On the right side, there is a small lean-to with a thatched roof, while on the left, there is a single-storey extension that has a half-hipped thatched roof. The windows consist of a modern leaded casement arrangement with a pattern of 1, 3, and 1. Additionally, there are three gabled dormers and a chimney stack made of red brick from the 18th century located at the end wall.
Local climate
Flying Rats 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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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 0.3°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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