3 and 5, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. House. 6 related planning applications.
3 and 5, Church Street
- WRENN ID
- eastward-belfry-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- 3 and 5, Church Street, Sible Hedingham, CO9 3NS
- OS grid reference
- TL 776 340
- Coordinates
- 51.97639, 0.58555
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, likely dating from the 16th century or earlier, located on Church Street in Sible Hedingham. The building is timber-framed with plaster infill, and it has a red brick plinth. The roof is red plain tiles, with gabled crosswings projecting to the right and left. Red brick chimney stacks are located centrally and to the rear right. The house is two storeys high, with cellars below. The first floor has a five-window front, while the ground floor has a four-window front. Most windows are small-paned vertically sliding sashes, although some are 20th-century casements. A 20th-century plank and muntin door, with a moulded surround, is situated on the right side. An iron cellar louvre is also located on the right.
Local climate
3 and 5, Church 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 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 — 2 transactions since 2013
- 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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