Tipswains is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. A C15 House.

Tipswains

WRENN ID
over-glass-marsh
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
House
Address
Tipswains, Wimbish
OS grid reference
TL 569 368
Coordinates
52.00764, 0.28556
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Tipswains is a timber-framed and plastered building that likely dates back to the 15th century, although it has been altered in the 17th century and later. The building has two storeys and features a three-window range of modern casements with leaded lights. A modern gabled porch with a thatched roof extends from the front of the building. The east end of the structure was previously jettied but is now mostly obscured by a large external chimney stack. The roof is thatched. The front of the building used to display a modern date of 1663.

Local climate

Tipswains 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 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 51% 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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