85 and 85a, Bradford Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1973. House. 1 related planning application.
85 and 85a, Bradford Street
- WRENN ID
- burning-threshold-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- 85 and 85a, Bradford Street, CM7 9AU
- OS grid reference
- TL 760 240
- Coordinates
- 51.88726, 0.55627
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an early 16th-century timber-framed and plastered house, significantly altered and with 20th-century restoration. The two-storey building has a six-window front, featuring casement windows. The upper storey juts out, displaying a 20th-century replica of a carved bressumer and decorative plasterwork panels. The ground floor includes 20th-century additions and a red brick plinth. The roof is tiled. Some original features remain within the interior.
Local climate
85 and 85a, Bradford Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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 — 2 transactions since 2006
- 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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