Langthorns is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. House.

Langthorns

WRENN ID
young-brass-fen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 February 1984
Type
House
Address
Langthorns, Highcross Lane, Little Canfield
OS grid reference
TL 591 207
Coordinates
51.86224, 0.31011
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Langthorns is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations from the 18th and 19th centuries. It features a timber frame with painted tile hanging and a red plain tile hipped roof. The building is two storeys high and has a three-window range with double hung sashes that are glazed in margins. There are also two two-storey bays, each topped with hipped tiled roofs. A late 19th-century porch with a half hipped tiled roof is present, along with a red brick chimney stack.

Local climate

Langthorns 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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