Emson and Son is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. Shop.

Emson and Son

WRENN ID
shadowed-parapet-rowan
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 1987
Type
Shop
Address
Emson and Son, 86, High Street, Earls Colne
OS grid reference
TL 858 288
Coordinates
51.9273, 0.70188
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Emson and Son is a shop located on the south side of High Street in Earls Colne. It dates from the early 19th century and incorporates part of the mid-16th century frame from the adjacent building, number 84. The structure is timber framed and plastered, with a roof covered in red plain tiles. It has two storeys and features two small projecting shopfronts, a half-glazed door, and a cartway at the right end. On the first floor, there are two early 19th-century sash windows, each with 16 lights. Inside, some 16th-century stop-chamfered joists are exposed.

Local climate

Emson and Son sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 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 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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