Tow Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Cottages. 11 related planning applications.
Tow Cottages
- WRENN ID
- hallowed-balcony-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- Cottages
- Address
- Tow Cottages, Broad Green, Chrishall, SG8 8QR
- OS grid reference
- TL 442 395
- Coordinates
- 52.03577, 0.102
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These two cottages, now combined into one dwelling, originally comprised a range of 17th century timber-framed and plastered cottages. They have been renovated. The building is one storey high with attics. It features small casement windows and boarded doors. The thatched roof is half-hipped at the north end and fully hipped at the south end, incorporating two dormers on the front elevation.
Local climate
Tow Cottages 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 11 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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