Watts Folly is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House. 4 related planning applications.
Watts Folly
- WRENN ID
- floating-bastion-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 February 1980
- Type
- House
- Address
- Watts Folly, the Village, Arkesden, CB11 4HB
- OS grid reference
- TL 482 344
- Coordinates
- 51.98906, 0.15724
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Watts Folly is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered house, renovated in the 20th century. It has an L-shaped plan, with one storey and attics. The windows are modern casements with leaded lights. The thatched roof has two dormers facing south and one dormer on the east side. A large external chimney stack is at the east end.
Local climate
Watts Folly 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 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more 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 0.4°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 — 2 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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