6 and 8, Star Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
6 and 8, Star Lane
- WRENN ID
- mired-footing-sage
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 February 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 6 and 8, Star Lane, Great Dunmow, CM6 1AY
- OS grid reference
- TL 626 221
- Coordinates
- 51.87405, 0.36169
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These are a pair of cottages dating from the 18th century. They are timber-framed structures, now plastered, and have a peg tile gambrel roof. The cottages are one storey high, with an attic space containing four lean-to dormers featuring 20th-century casement windows. A large red brick stack is centrally positioned. The front of No. 4 has a simple boarded door and two 20th-century casement windows. No. 6 features a similar door and a pair of 19th-century horizontal sliding casement windows with cross pattern glazing bars.
Local climate
6 and 8, Star Lane 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
- 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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