Kents is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1980. House. 3 related planning applications.

Kents

WRENN ID
young-panel-torch
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
Kents, High Street, Great Chesterford, CB10 1PL
OS grid reference
TL 510 428
Coordinates
52.06385, 0.20192
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Kents is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered house located on the north side of Great Chesterford High Street. The building has two storeys and features a small gable at the west end of the front. It has a two-window range, primarily consisting of double-hung sashes with single vertical glazing bars. The ground storey includes two small oriel bays, and the roof is tiled.

Local climate

Kents sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 74% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2001
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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