Forres Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 April 1979. House.
Forres Cottage
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-iron-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 April 1979
- Type
- House
- Address
- Forres Cottage, Church Street, Henham
- OS grid reference
- TL 545 285
- Coordinates
- 51.9338, 0.24649
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Forres Cottage is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered house located on the south side of Henham Church Street. The building has two storeys, with a lower wing to the west that has one storey and attics. The main block features a two-window range with double-hung sashes that include glazing bars, and it has a central gabled porch. The wing is fitted with leaded casements. The roofs are tiled, and the main block has hipped ends at both the east and west, with a steep pitch. Notably, there is an original hexagonal shafted chimney stack on a large square base at the west end.
Local climate
Forres 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 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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