Larkins is a Grade II listed building in the Thurrock local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1960. House.

Larkins

WRENN ID
scattered-quoin-violet
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Thurrock
Constituency
South Basildon and East Thurrock MP: James McMurdock (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 February 1960
Type
House
Address
Larkins, Maltings Lane
OS grid reference
TQ 644 822
Coordinates
51.51505, 0.36911
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Larkins is a 17th-century house located on Maltings Lane in Orsett. It is timber-framed and plastered, topped with a red plain tile roof. The building has two storeys and features a two-window range of modern casements. Some of the original exposed frame can be seen on the ground floor. There is a two-storey extension on the west side, which has a one-window range with a 19th-century casement.

Local climate

Larkins sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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