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

Rectory Cottage

WRENN ID
standing-ashlar-jet
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
Rectory Cottage, the Green, Widdington
OS grid reference
TL 538 318
Coordinates
51.96355, 0.2379
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Rectory Cottage is a small 19th-century building that is timber-framed and plastered. It has one storey and attics, featuring modern casement windows. The roof is thatched and includes two gabled dormers along with external chimney stacks at each end.

Local climate

Rectory 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
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