Stable Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1994. House.
Stable Cottage
- WRENN ID
- western-screen-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1994
- Type
- House
- Address
- Stable Cottage, 4a, Castle Street, Saffron Walden
- OS grid reference
- TL 536 386
- Coordinates
- 52.02484, 0.23877
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Stable Cottage is a house dating from the late 16th century, with a similar 20th-century ancillary unit added on the west side to create a dwelling. The building is timber-framed and rendered, topped with a peg-tiled roof, and has a rectangular plan. It stands one and a half storeys tall.
The north front elevation features twin gables from the old and new units, with the eastern block showcasing old wall plate horns and collars, along with visible side purlins. The remaining features are from the 20th century. The entrance door has upper glazing divided into two sections with three panes each and three sunk panels. There are two ground floor and two upper floor three-light casement windows, all with rectangular leaded panes.
On the west side elevation, there is one ground floor two-light window in a similar style and one upper single casement window towards the rear. The east side elevation is blank, displaying rendered timber framing facing the lane from the churchyard. The rear south elevation has twin gables that back onto the north churchyard wall. The 20th-century unit is integrated with this wall.
Inside, the original eastern unit has exposed upper framing across two bays. A tie-beam has been removed, and the middle section of the side walls features relatively close studding, while the ends have straight primary braces. The roof is of clasped side purlin form.
Local climate
Stable 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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