Brook Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. Residential. 4 related planning applications.
Brook Cottage
- WRENN ID
- north-slate-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1984
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Brook Cottage, Felsted, CM6 3LA
- OS grid reference
- TL 694 222
- Coordinates
- 51.87334, 0.46026
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brook Cottage is a cottage, likely dating from the 17th century, with a 20th-century wing added to the rear. It is a single-storey and attic structure featuring two flat dormers within its thatched roof. The building is timber-framed and plastered, with a thatched, enclosed porch added in the 20th century. It has a three-window facade with 20th-century casement windows. A central red brick chimney stack is present. Chamfered beams are found throughout the interior. A rear extension exists.
Local climate
Brook Cottage 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 2000
- 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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