Homestead and Two Cottages to East is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 February 1967. Cottages. 2 related planning applications.

Homestead and Two Cottages to East

WRENN ID
north-plinth-scarlet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
20 February 1967
Type
Cottages
Address
Homestead and Two Cottages to East, High Street, Hatfield Broad Oak, CM22 7HG
OS grid reference
TL 546 165
Coordinates
51.82623, 0.2431
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Homestead and two cottages to the east are three cottages built in the 17th century and early 19th century. They feature timber framing with a red brick front and a roof made of clay peg tiles, which is hipped on the east side and gabled on the west, where the gable wall is covered in black weatherboarding. The buildings are two storeys high with attics, and there is one gabled dormer on the front roof slope. Each cottage is separated at the front by a flat pilaster strip, and the front has a storey string band, a moulded brick cornice, and a plinth.

The western unit has two 20th-century paired double-hung sash windows with small panes above a carriage arch, along with a similar paired double-hung sash window. The brickwork in this unit has been rebuilt. The central unit features two 2-light casement windows with small panes, a blank recess above a wide segmental arched opening, and a narrower similar opening with paired double-hung sash windows and a blank recess. The Homestead to the east has a similar opening to the central unit but includes two small-paned casements and two 20th-century casements above a segmental arched small pane window, along with two door openings. Inside, the cottages retain timber framing with jowled posts. This group is included for its historical and architectural value.

Local climate

Homestead and Two Cottages to East 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1995
  • 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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