Flint Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House.

Flint Cottage

WRENN ID
dim-railing-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
House
Address
Flint Cottage, High Street, Littlebury
OS grid reference
TL 517 396
Coordinates
52.03458, 0.21017
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Flint Cottage is a mid-19th century house featuring panels of flint pebbles set in yellow brick, with a date panel indicating the year 1843. The building is two storeys high and has two window ranges. The upper storey is fitted with horizontal sliding sash windows that include glazing bars, while the ground storey has double-hung sash windows, also with glazing bars. There is a central doorway, and the roof is covered with slate. This property is included for its group value.

Local climate

Flint Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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 0.4°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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