Church Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. Cottages. 1 related planning application.

Church Cottages

WRENN ID
waning-step-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Type
Cottages
Address
Church Cottages, Church Street, Henham, CM22 6AJ
OS grid reference
TL 545 285
Coordinates
51.9339, 0.24712
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Church Cottages is a range of 17th century timber-framed cottages that were refaced in gault brick during the 19th century. At the rear, there is a later timber-framed and plastered block, likely from the 18th century. The cottages are two storeys high and feature a four-window range with double-hung sashes that have single vertical glazing bars set in plain reveals. The roofs are tiled. Inside, the cottages display exposed timber-framing. Notably, at the east end of the roof, there is an area of plaster that features a late 17th century painting of the Lord's Prayer. Although it once included the date 1686 or 1688, that detail is no longer visible.

Local climate

Church Cottages 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 86% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% 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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