Dick Turpin's Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. Residential. 2 related planning applications.
Dick Turpin's Cottage
- WRENN ID
- carved-sentry-harvest
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- Dick Turpin's Cottage, High Street, Hempstead, CB10 2PE
- OS grid reference
- TL 633 379
- Coordinates
- 52.01606, 0.37868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Dick Turpin's Cottage is a 17th to 18th century timber-framed and plastered building located on the south-east side of Hempstead High Street. The cottage has been renovated in the 20th century, with the timber-framing exposed on the front. It features a gable at the south-west end and consists of one storey with attics. The windows are casement style, and the roof is thatched, topped with a central square chimney stack. This cottage is believed to have been the birthplace of the infamous Dick Turpin, although at the time, his father was the proprietor of the Rose and Crown Inn.
Local climate
Dick Turpin's 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 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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.
- 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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