The Wheatsheaf Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Wheatsheaf Inn
- WRENN ID
- final-grate-lichen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Wheatsheaf Inn, Queen Street, Castle Hedingham, CO9 3EX
- OS grid reference
- TL 785 355
- Coordinates
- 51.98957, 0.59834
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Wheatsheaf Inn is a public house, dating back to the 16th century or earlier, with later additions and alterations. The building is timber-framed and has been plastered, featuring wave pargetting and ashlar lines. It is faced with painted brick on its return and has a red plain tiled roof with two red brick chimney stacks, one to the left and one projecting forward off-centre to the right. A long wall jetty is dropped to the right, supported by two moulded brackets and seven iron support shafts, with a brick support to the left. The building has two storeys and cellars. It has a four-window front with 19th-century, small-paned, vertically sliding sash windows in moulded surrounds. A six-panelled door is on the left, and a vertically boarded door is on the right. The interior features carved and moulded ceiling beams. It is said to contain an original four-centred door head and old panelling.
Local climate
The Wheatsheaf Inn 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- 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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