Houses is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House. 1 related planning application.

Houses

WRENN ID
former-attic-rook
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1980
Type
House
Address
Houses, Howe Lane, Great Sampford, CB10 2NY
OS grid reference
TL 639 365
Coordinates
52.00322, 0.38659
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This 17th century house is timber-framed and plastered, located on Howe Lane in Great Sampford, and is surrounded by a moat. Despite significant alterations and additions, the original structure is still evident. The roofs are tiled, and there is an original chimney stack featuring grouped square shafts on a square base.

Local climate

Houses 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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