2, Woolpack Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1973. A C17 House. 1 related planning application.
2, Woolpack Lane
- WRENN ID
- young-hinge-swift
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- 2, Woolpack Lane, CM7 9BA
- OS grid reference
- TL 760 240
- Coordinates
- 51.88699, 0.55619
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 2 Woolpack Lane is a 17th century timber-framed and plastered house located at the south end of Nos 77-83 Bradford Street. The house features a gabled west end and some exposed timber-framing. The upper storey is supported by curved brackets with jettying. The doorway at the east end has been built out. The building has two storeys and a three-window range with casement windows that include glazing bars. The ground storey features a small square bay with glazing bars, and the roof is tiled.
Local climate
2, Woolpack Lane 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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