53-57, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. House. 3 related planning applications.
53-57, Church Street
- WRENN ID
- sombre-cobalt-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- 53-57, Church Street, CM7 5JY
- OS grid reference
- TL 758 257
- Coordinates
- 51.90274, 0.55492
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 17th-century timber-framed building located at 53-57 Church Street, Bocking. It has a jettied upper storey supported by curved brackets. The building underwent extensive alterations and renovations in 1971. It is two storeys high with a three-window front. The windows are 2-light casements with leaded lights. The ground floor now features 20th-century bow windows, designed to resemble 18th-century style with glazing bars. The roof was replaced in the 20th century and is tiled, with three gabled dormers.
Local climate
53-57, Church 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 — 6 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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