North Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Cottage.

North Cottage

WRENN ID
buried-arch-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
North Cottage, Elsenham
OS grid reference
TL 536 256
Coordinates
51.90859, 0.23188
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

North Cottage is a small 18th century timber-framed and plastered cottage located in Elsenham. It has been renovated in the 20th century and is one storey high with attics. The cottage features a two-window range with small casement windows and a boarded door. The roof is thatched and has half-hipped ends at both the north and south sides.

Local climate

North Cottage 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 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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