Purkiss Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House. 1 related planning application.
Purkiss Cottage
- WRENN ID
- low-hall-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- Purkiss Cottage, Ashdon Road, Radwinter, CB10 2TJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 610 378
- Coordinates
- 52.01588, 0.34564
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Purkiss Cottage is a timber-framed and plastered building dating from the 18th to 19th century. It features both one and two storeys, with small casement windows. The front has a gabled porch, and the roofs are thatched, with a central chimney stack located on the two-storeyed section.
Local climate
Purkiss Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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