Rookwoods is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. House. 4 related planning applications.
Rookwoods
- WRENN ID
- guardian-gravel-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rookwoods, Braintree Road, Little Dunmow, CM6 3AH
- OS grid reference
- TL 666 228
- Coordinates
- 51.87906, 0.41991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rookwoods is a house dating from the 16th century or earlier, with later additions and alterations. It has an L-shaped plan and three roof levels, all covered with red plain tiles, one level being gambrel-shaped. The left-hand addition is constructed of flint and red brick. The house is two storeys high, with a timber-framed and plastered facade. It has a four-window front, featuring plain casement windows and a plain wooden door. A flat-headed dormer window is visible in the gambrel roof. Four square red brick chimney stacks are present. Timber framing is exposed internally.
Local climate
Rookwoods 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 — 1 transaction since 2004
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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