Rookery Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1967. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Rookery Cottage

WRENN ID
iron-pavement-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 1967
Type
Cottage
Address
Rookery Cottage, Rookery Lane, Wendens Ambo, CB11 4JS
OS grid reference
TL 513 358
Coordinates
52.00069, 0.20276
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rookery Cottage is a timber-framed and plastered house dating from circa 1600. It is two storeys high, with the upper storey projecting on curved brackets to the south front. The windows are casement windows with leaded lights, replaced in the 20th century. The front features modern panel pargeting designed in traditional patterns. The roof is tiled, and includes an original central chimney stack with grouped diagonal shafts. The building was previously listed under the name “Road to Norton End”.

Local climate

Rookery Cottage sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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 0.4°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 — 5 transactions since 1998
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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