Cottage immediately west of Monks Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. Cottage.

Cottage immediately west of Monks Hall

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
6 August 1984
Type
Cottage
Address
Cottage immediately west of Monks Hall, Grange Lane, Little Dunmow
OS grid reference
TL 655 214
Coordinates
51.86661, 0.40371
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This cottage, located immediately west of Monks Hall, dates from the 17th century or earlier. It is constructed with a timber frame and is covered in weatherboarding. The building has one storey and an attic, topped with a thatched roof featuring two catslide slate dormers. The front has a two-window arrangement with small pane casements. To the left, there is a plank and muntin door, which is sheltered by a pentice board above it. A square brick chimney stack is positioned at the center of the cottage.

Local climate

Cottage immediately west of Monks Hall 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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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 0.3°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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