Briars and Cottage Adjoining to North West is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1982. House.
Briars and Cottage Adjoining to North West
- WRENN ID
- strange-keep-dew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1982
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- TL 458 312
- Coordinates
- 51.96053, 0.12199
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Briars and the adjoining cottage to the northwest is a large 17th century timber-framed and rendered house that has been divided into two units. The building is two storeys high and features a gabled grey peg tile roof. A prominent central chimney stack made of red brick is located at the center, and there is a modern gabled porch at the entrance. The windows are 19th century casements with glazing bars. At the rear, there are later extensions with peg tiled roofs, and one half of the building has been finished in pebble-dash.
Local climate
Briars and Cottage Adjoining to North West 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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