Markells is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1983. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Markells
- WRENN ID
- grey-beam-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Markells, Little Hallingbury, CM22 7QS
- OS grid reference
- TL 498 170
- Coordinates
- 51.83222, 0.17373
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Markells is a cottage, likely dating from the 17th century or earlier. It is a single-story building with an attic, and features a half-hipped thatched roof with two flat dormers. The construction is timber-framed and plastered. The cottage has a three-range configuration with two-paned casement windows. A red plain-tiled gable porch with a vertical plank door is situated to the right of centre. Red brick chimney stacks are positioned off-centre and to the left of the building.
Local climate
Markells 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2015
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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