23-27, Bridge Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1950. A 16th Century Residential. 6 related planning applications.
23-27, Bridge Street
- WRENN ID
- muffled-alcove-mist
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1950
- Type
- Residential
- Period
- 16th Century
- Address
- 23-27, Bridge Street, Witham, CM8 1BU
- OS grid reference
- TL 818 141
- Coordinates
- 51.79603, 0.6353
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a group of three early 16th-century timber-framed and plastered houses originally with gabled fronts. The space between them was filled in during the 17th century with an additional house, also gabled. The three gables project at different levels on the first storey, supported by exposed beams. The front of the building retains exposed timber framing. Originally, it was believed to be a 16th-century house with cross wings. The building has two storeys and a three-window range with 19th-century and mid-20th century casement windows. The ground floor retains traces of moulded window heads and carved sills from original shallow bay windows. The bressumer (a horizontal beam) at No. 27 is moulded and carved, and is supported by brackets carved with a gloved hand, a cock, a hen, and foliage. A carved beam is also present at the base of the south-west gable. The interior contains some moulded and carved timberwork. Nos. 23 to 27 form a group with Nos. 10 and 12.
Local climate
23-27, Bridge Street 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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