Rowan Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Rowan Cottage

WRENN ID
fallen-spire-rain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
Cottage
Address
Rowan Cottage, Berden, CM23 1BD
OS grid reference
TL 477 293
Coordinates
51.94273, 0.14764
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rowan Cottage is a small 18th century timber-framed and plastered cottage located in Berden. It features a modern addition at the west end and is a single storey building. The cottage has small casement windows and a thatched roof.

Local climate

Rowan Cottage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 84% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% 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 — 1 transaction since 2015
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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