Wayside is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. A C17 Cottage.
Wayside
- WRENN ID
- knotted-pavement-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Wayside, Dunmow Road, Takeley
- OS grid reference
- TL 569 211
- Coordinates
- 51.86704, 0.27757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Wayside is a 17th century cottage located on Dunmow Road in Takeley. The building is timber framed and plastered, topped with a red plain tile roof. It has one storey and attics, featuring a three-window range with modern casements and three gabled dormers. There is a modern lean-to porch and a 17th century red brick chimney stack. Inside, much of the frame is exposed, showcasing extensive re-used 15th century timber and a large 17th century fireplace with a mantel beam.
Local climate
Wayside 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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- Sale history — 8 transactions since 2002
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- 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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