Kings Cottage (North) is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. A C17 House.

Kings Cottage (North)

WRENN ID
forgotten-porch-winter
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
Kings Cottage (North), Kings Lane, Elmdon
OS grid reference
TL 460 393
Coordinates
52.03314, 0.12809
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kings Cottage (North) is a 17th century timber-framed and plastered building located on the east side of Kings Lane in Elmdon. It stands two storeys tall and features horizontal sliding sash windows. The roof is tiled, with an end chimney stack at the west end and a catslide roof on the north side.

Local climate

Kings Cottage (North) 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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