Crouches is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. House. 1 related planning application.

Crouches

WRENN ID
deep-alcove-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 February 1984
Type
House
Address
Crouches, the Broadway, Dunmow, Great Dunmow, CM6 3BQ
OS grid reference
TL 634 231
Coordinates
51.88312, 0.37291
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Crouches is a house dating from the 16th and 17th centuries. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a red plain tile roof. The building has two storeys and features a three-window range with late 18th century vertical sliding sashes that include glazing bars. There is a central late 18th century bay window with a flat roof and vertical sliding sashes. A central 17th century red brick chimney stack is present, along with a gabled porch on the north side and a gabled east wing.

Local climate

Crouches 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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