Gaston Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1983. A C16 Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Gaston Cottage
- WRENN ID
- long-passage-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1983
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Gaston Cottage, Little Hallingbury, CM22 7QS
- OS grid reference
- TL 498 170
- Coordinates
- 51.83229, 0.17344
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gaston Cottage is a cottage dating from the 16th century or earlier. It is a two-story building with a hipped thatched roof. The structure is timber framed and plastered, featuring a jetty to the right. The front of the cottage has a three-window arrangement of single-paned casement windows, and includes an enclosed porch with a red-tiled gable. A red-tiled lean-to roof extends to the right. Off-centre and end chimney stacks are constructed of red brick.
Local climate
Gaston Cottage 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 — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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