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

The Cottage

WRENN ID
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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
The Cottage, Kates Lane, Ashdon
OS grid reference
TL 590 419
Coordinates
52.05306, 0.31796
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Cottage is a 17th to 18th century timber-framed and plastered building that has been renovated. It has one storey and attics, featuring casement windows. The roof is tiled and includes a central square chimney stack.

Local climate

The Cottage 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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