Hollow Elm Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. House. 1 related planning application.
Hollow Elm Cottage
- WRENN ID
- empty-timber-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hollow Elm Cottage, Warish Hall Road, Takeley, CM22 6NX
- OS grid reference
- TL 568 215
- Coordinates
- 51.87049, 0.27719
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hollow Elm Cottage is a small house dating from the 17th century or earlier. It is timber-framed and has been plastered, with a thatched roof. The house is single-storey with attics. It has a five-window front, with 19th-century casement windows.
Local climate
Hollow Elm 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 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 3 transactions since 1998
- 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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