Blue Boar House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. Residential house. 1 related planning application.

Blue Boar House

WRENN ID
pale-transept-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1962
Type
Residential house
Address
Blue Boar House, 24, St James Street, Castle Hedingham, CO9 3EW
OS grid reference
TL 786 355
Coordinates
51.98973, 0.6001
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Blue Boar House is a house located on St. James Street in Castle Hedingham. It dates from the early 16th century or possibly earlier, with later alterations and additions. The building features an exposed timber frame with plaster infill and a red plain tiled roof. There is a crosswing to the left and a wing at the rear. The first floor has truncated halved arch braces and the house is two storeys high. The first floor has a window range of one window, while the ground floor has a range of two windows, all of which are vari-light leaded casements. A 20th-century plank and muntin door is accessed by steps leading to the crosswing. This building is part of the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England.

Local climate

Blue Boar House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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