Buttles is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. House.

Buttles

WRENN ID
rough-ashlar-tide
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
Buttles, Chelmsford Road, Barnston
OS grid reference
TL 641 202
Coordinates
51.8563, 0.3824
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Buttles is a house dating from the 17th century, constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a hipped roof made of red plain tiles. The building has two storeys and features gabled wings at the rear. The front has a two-window range with 20th-century casements and bow windows, along with a 20th-century gabled porch. A notable feature is the 17th-century red brick chimney stack.

Local climate

Buttles 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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