Elm House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.
Elm House
- WRENN ID
- errant-attic-mallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- Elm House, 14, Upper Holt Street, Earls Colne, CO6 2PG
- OS grid reference
- TL 862 286
- Coordinates
- 51.92489, 0.70764
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Elm House is an 18th-century house that was extended in the 19th century. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond and has a roof made of handmade red plain tiles. The building is L-shaped, facing northwest, and features two rear stacks. The 19th-century extension is located in the rear left angle, completing a square plan, while there is also a single-storey extension from the 20th century at the rear right.
The house has two storeys and a two-window range of early 19th-century sashes with 16 lights, along with one window of 12 lights above the door, all featuring flat arches made of gauged brick. The windows are fitted with crown glass. The central entrance consists of a six-panel door with a fanlight above, set within a doorcase that has a broken pediment supported by moulded brackets. The roof is hipped.
On the right side of the house, there is another two-window range of early 19th-century sashes with 16 lights and flat arches of gauged brick, along with a central six-panel door with a fanlight, which is set in a semi-circular arch of gauged brick. A 19th-century pump in a wooden case is attached to the left side of the building. Inside, there are many original features that have been preserved.
Local climate
Elm House 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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