Distaff Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House.
Distaff Cottage
- WRENN ID
- fallen-window-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- Distaff Cottage, Belmont Hill, Newport
- OS grid reference
- TL 521 343
- Coordinates
- 51.98704, 0.21396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Distaff Cottage is a 17th century timber-framed and plastered house located on Belmont Hill in Newport. It features a gable at the south end and has a ground floor level that is below the level of the road. The timber-framing is exposed on the north gabled end. The building has two storeys and a two-window range, with small casements that have lattice leaded lights. The roof is tiled.
Local climate
Distaff 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 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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