Thatched cottage between brick house and railway bridge is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. Cottage. 8 related planning applications.
Thatched cottage between brick house and railway bridge
- WRENN ID
- vacant-passage-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Thatched cottage between brick house and railway bridge, Brook Street, Little Dunmow, CM6 3HU
- OS grid reference
- TL 656 208
- Coordinates
- 51.862, 0.40395
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a thatched cottage dating from the 17th or 18th century, with additions and alterations made in the 20th century. It is located between Brick House and a railway bridge. The cottage is predominantly one storey with an attic, featuring three flat-headed dormers and a thatched roof. A single-storey addition with a pantiled roof extends to the right. The structure is timber-framed and rendered with plaster. It has a five-window front with small, multi-paned casement windows. A gabled porch and an integral garage are located on the left side. Two red brick chimney stacks are present.
Local climate
Thatched cottage between brick house and railway bridge 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 — 3 transactions since 2006
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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