Freers Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 August 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Freers Cottage
- WRENN ID
- worn-keystone-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 August 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Freers Cottage, Mill Lane, Stebbing, CM6 3SN
- OS grid reference
- TL 660 241
- Coordinates
- 51.89085, 0.41131
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Freers Cottage is a cottage composed of three sections, dating from the 16th century or earlier, with later additions and alterations. It features a red plain tile roof, with the main section displaying a diamond pattern and a hipped roof to the right. The cottage is two storeys high, with a central range that has one storey and an attic, which includes a gabled dormer. To the left, there is a smaller range with a gambrel roof. The front has three windows, which are 20th-century square leaded casements. The entrance is a 20th-century plank and muntin door located in a glazed enclosed porch that has a gabled roof, also covered with red plain tiles. There are three red brick chimney stacks on the cottage.
Local climate
Freers 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 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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