Crofters is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 February 1984. House. 1 related planning application.
Crofters
- WRENN ID
- weathered-courtyard-barley
- 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
- Crofters, Philpot End Lane, Great Dunmow, CM6 1JE
- OS grid reference
- TL 631 208
- Coordinates
- 51.86198, 0.36738
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Crofters is a house dating from the mid 18th century, with some alterations from the early 19th century. It is timber framed and plastered, topped with a red plain tile gambrel roof. The building has two storeys and attics, featuring a three-window range of 19th century vertical sliding sashes with glazing in the margins. There are three gabled dormers and two 20th century catslide dormers at the rear. The ground floor includes two bay windows and a central entrance door. The house has original red brick chimney stacks at the end walls, a lean-to at the rear, and a single storey range at the east end.
Local climate
Crofters 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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer 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 0.3°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 — 8 transactions since 1995
- 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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