Sparrows Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Cottage.
Sparrows Cottage
- WRENN ID
- sombre-wicket-dust
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Sparrows Cottage, Cage End, Hatfield Broad Oak
- OS grid reference
- TL 546 163
- Coordinates
- 51.82471, 0.24207
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sparrows Cottage is a late 17th century cottage located on the east side of Cage End in Hatfield Broad Oak. It is timber framed and plastered, with the framing exposed at the rear. The cottage has two storeys and consists of two bays, featuring a large central rectangular stack along the ridge line. The front of the building has 19th century two-light casements with small panes. Inside, there are cambered tie beams and straight bracing. A lean-to structure is present at the rear. This cottage is included for its group value.
Local climate
Sparrows 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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