Brights Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. Cottage.

Brights Cottage

WRENN ID
silent-chamber-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 August 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Brights Cottage, Pound Hill, Little Dunmow
OS grid reference
TL 659 214
Coordinates
51.86699, 0.40916
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Brights Cottage is a two-storey cottage with three construction phases, dating from the 17th century and 19th century. It features a timber frame with plastering, while the left side has a single-storey section that is weatherboarded. The cottage has a thatched roof and three diamond leaded casement windows. There are two board doors, one of which is sheltered by a slanting porch supported by small brackets. Additionally, the building has two red brick chimney stacks. A plaster panel on the cottage reads "J.C. 1620."

Local climate

Brights Cottage 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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