Catkins is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1983. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Catkins
- WRENN ID
- buried-terrace-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Catkins, the Street, High Roothing, CM6 1NW
- OS grid reference
- TL 603 174
- Coordinates
- 51.83263, 0.32639
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Catkins is a cottage dating from around 1600, with extensions added in the 18th and 20th centuries. The building has a timber frame, with parts plastered and parts covered in weatherboarding. The roof is thatched, while the rear extension is made of brick, plastered, and has a tiled roof. The cottage consists of two bays and features a 19th-century axial chimney stack, an 18th-century lean-to at the northeast end, and a 20th-century extension at the rear. It is a single-storey building with an attic, and the roof is half-hipped at the southwest end and hipped at the northeast end. There are three 20th-century metal casement windows and a plain door. Inside, there is a cambered tiebeam with an arched brace and an edge-halved and bridled scarf in the rear wallplate. No other framing was visible as of January 1983.
Local climate
Catkins 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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