The Briars is a Grade II listed building in the Stafford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1968. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Briars
- WRENN ID
- bitter-postern-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stafford
- Constituency
- Stafford MP: Leigh Ingham (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1968
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Briars, Church Eaton, ST20 0AG
- OS grid reference
- SJ 846 175
- Coordinates
- 52.755, -2.22938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Briars is likely an early 17th-century timber-framed building, with brick facing that has been colour-washed. It has a thatched roof and a central brick stack. The building is two storeys high, with casement windows featuring leaded lights. The ground floor windows have sill details consisting of bracketed carved sills, and there are three windows visible on the front elevation. The building has been well restored.
Local climate
The Briars receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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 — 3 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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