The Croft is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 June 1982. A C17 House.
The Croft
- WRENN ID
- winter-steel-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 June 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Croft, Fallowden Road, Ashdon
- OS grid reference
- TL 579 416
- Coordinates
- 52.05046, 0.30242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Croft is a 17th century or earlier 'T' shaped two-storey house that features a thatched roof and is constructed from timber framing with plaster. At the southwest end, there is a gabled crosswing that has black weather-boarding on its gable. The house has a rebuilt off-centre red brick chimney stack, a modern gabled porch, and modern casement windows that include glazing bars.
Local climate
The Croft sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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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