The Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1985. Cottage. 5 related planning applications.
The Cottage
- WRENN ID
- frozen-garret-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Cottage, Dunmow Road, Little Bardfield, CM7 4PR
- OS grid reference
- TL 662 290
- Coordinates
- 51.93489, 0.41642
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cottage is a cottage that dates from the 17th or 18th century or possibly earlier. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a thatched roof that features four arched dormers. The building has one storey and attics, and it includes a range of four windows, which are either two or three light casements with transoms; some of these windows have square leaded glass. There are two vertically boarded doors. Inside, the cottage has vertically boarded doors and chamfered bridging joists.
Local climate
The 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- 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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