Morral's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1983. Cottage.

Morral's Cottage

WRENN ID
stranded-stone-sorrel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 October 1983
Type
Cottage
Address
Morral's Cottage, Aythorpe Roding
OS grid reference
TL 590 148
Coordinates
51.80992, 0.30608
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Morral's Cottage is an 18th-century cottage that has been extended in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is timber-framed and plastered, with a thatched roof. The cottage consists of two bays and features an original chimney stack at the western end. The building was extended to the west in the 19th century and again in the 20th century, with an additional 20th-century extension to the north. It is a single-storey structure with attics, containing four 20th-century casement windows and a 20th-century porch, as well as a 20th-century casement window in a plain dormer. The eastern end has a half-hipped roof. Inside, the timber framing is exposed in the two eastern bays, showcasing primary straight bracing. The floor is supported on clamps but is believed to be original. Historically, this building has functioned as two cottages and retains both staircases, which are now combined into one.

Local climate

Morral's Cottage 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 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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