Cottage Next to Post Office Glenleigh is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Semi-detached houses.

Cottage Next to Post Office Glenleigh

WRENN ID
peeling-hall-dawn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
Semi-detached houses
Address
Cottage Next to Post Office Glenleigh, High Street, Widdington
OS grid reference
TL 538 316
Coordinates
51.96189, 0.23744
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage next to the Post Office in Glenleigh is a mid to late 19th-century building that is part of a range of semi-detached houses designed to accommodate agricultural workers. Each pair of houses features an individually designed front, making it an advanced project for its time. The cottage is constructed of yellow brick, with red brick surrounds around the door and windows. It stands two storeys high and has a two-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars. Notably, the south house has a window where the doorway was originally located. The roof is hipped and covered with slate, featuring a central ridge chimney stack.

Local climate

Cottage Next to Post Office Glenleigh 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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