The Bull Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1973. Hotel. 9 related planning applications.
The Bull Hotel
- WRENN ID
- tall-minaret-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1973
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- The Bull Hotel, 1 and 2, Market Place, CM7 3HJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 757 230
- Coordinates
- 51.87831, 0.55229
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bull Hotel is an 18th century or early 19th century timber-framed building that has undergone significant alterations in the 20th century. Number 1 has two storeys and attics, featuring a two-window range with 20th century casements. The ground floor includes a 20th century shopfront, and the roof is tiled with one flat-headed dormer. Number 2, known as the Bull Inn, has also been modernised and consists of two storeys and attics with a two-window range. It has two and three-light windows, double-hung sashes with single vertical glazing bars. The south end features a two-storey three-light bay with a wood cornice topped by an iron railing. The roof is tiled and has a mansard design with three sloping roofed dormers. Additionally, a wing extends to the west at the rear.
Local climate
The Bull Hotel 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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