Pitchcombe is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. House.
Pitchcombe
- WRENN ID
- white-floor-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Pitchcombe, Takeley
- OS grid reference
- TL 579 227
- Coordinates
- 51.88074, 0.2939
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pitchcombe is a mid-17th century house that is timber framed and plastered, featuring a red plain tile roof that is half hipped at the west end. The building has two storeys and a two-window range with modern casements. It includes a 17th century red brick chimney stack and the timber frame is exposed on the exterior. There is a small staircase wing on the north side, along with modern extensions on the north and east sides.
Local climate
Pitchcombe 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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