Lower Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 June 1983. House. 6 related planning applications.
Lower Cottages
- WRENN ID
- stony-eave-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- Harlow MP: Chris Vince (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 June 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- Lower Cottages, 1 and 2, Chelmsford Road, White Roothing, CM6 1RG
- OS grid reference
- TL 558 136
- Coordinates
- 51.79968, 0.25863
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Lower Cottages is a house, now divided into two cottages, likely dating back to the 17th century or earlier. The building is timber-framed and has been roughcast rendered, with a hipped roof covered in red tiles. It is two storeys high and features various 20th-century casement windows and two 20th-century doors, each approached by a flight of steps. Four red brick chimney stacks are present. A beam internally is carved with the date 1630. Timber framing is visible in several rooms.
Local climate
Lower Cottages sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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