Oaks and Bushes is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1983. House. 4 related planning applications.

Oaks and Bushes

WRENN ID
tangled-bailey-acorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
13 June 1983
Type
House
Address
Oaks and Bushes, Sawbridgeworth Road, Little Hallingbury, CM22 7QU
OS grid reference
TL 494 160
Coordinates
51.82273, 0.16714
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Oaks and Bushes is a house dating from the mid-17th century, with 20th-century alterations and additions. It has two storeys and features a hipped red plain tile roof that extends to the garage block. The building is timber framed and plastered, with 20th-century pargetting. The eaves are coved, and there are Gothick headed leaded casement windows with pightle hinges. A red plain tiled gabled porch encloses the entrance, which has a 20th-century door. The house also has a central red brick chimney stack.

Local climate

Oaks and Bushes 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 4 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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