Round House is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. House.

Round House

WRENN ID
lone-remnant-magpie
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
Round House, Braintree Road, Little Dunmow
OS grid reference
TL 655 223
Coordinates
51.87552, 0.40389
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Round House is a 19th-century octagonal house located on Braintree Road in Little Dunmow. It is constructed of brick and features an octagonal grey slate roof. The building stands three storeys high and has an outer staircase along with small paned casement windows. Steps lead up to a 20th-century door that is sheltered by a gabled porch. There are two red brick chimney stacks. The Round House is a local landmark.

Local climate

Round House 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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