1, The Downs is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1979. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
1, The Downs
- WRENN ID
- fading-flagstone-plum
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1979
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 1, The Downs, Great Dunmow, CM6 1DS
- OS grid reference
- TL 624 222
- Coordinates
- 51.87542, 0.35874
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Downs is a cottage dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. It is timber-framed and has been plastered, with a half-hipped thatched roof featuring a small ridge stack slightly off-centre. An eyebrow dormer is visible in the west-facing roof slope, alongside a 20th-century thatched porch and small 20th-century casement windows in original openings. A section of the south wall is brick. A 20th-century extension, with a slate gabled roof and white weatherboarding, is attached to the north end. The cottage is described as picturesque.
Local climate
1, The Downs 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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