The Golden Sovereign the Old Police House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. House, shop. 2 related planning applications.
The Golden Sovereign the Old Police House
- WRENN ID
- carved-pillar-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1967
- Type
- House, shop
- Address
- The Golden Sovereign the Old Police House, High Street, Great Bardfield, CM7 4SP
- OS grid reference
- TL 675 305
- Coordinates
- 51.948, 0.43584
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Golden Sovereign, also known as The Old Police House, is a house that has been converted into a shop with living space above. It dates from the early 19th century and is constructed of red brick with blue headers in a Flemish bond pattern, topped with a slate roof. The building has a rectangular plan facing southeast and features rear extensions. It stands two storeys tall.
On the left side, there is a carriageway with an elliptical arch made of gauged red brick, leading to a 20th-century door that has a shallow arch of gauged red brick above it. The shopfront displays the name 'The Golden Sovereign'. On the first floor, there are three original sash windows, each with 16 lights and shallow arches of gauged red brick. The roof has a shallow pitch and is hipped only on the right side, connecting to the adjacent Brick House on the left. Notably, the right corner of the building is rounded off, extending four courses below the eaves.
Local climate
The Golden Sovereign the Old Police House 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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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 — 2 transactions since 2020
- 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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