45 and 47, Head Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1978. House.
45 and 47, Head Street
- WRENN ID
- sacred-vestry-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- 45 and 47, Head Street, Halstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 816 308
- Coordinates
- 51.94616, 0.64106
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 45 and 47 on Head Street is a 15th-century building that features a timber frame and plaster exterior, with alterations made in the 18th century. It has a tiled roof and stands two stories tall, with three window openings that contain double hung sashes with glazing bars. On the ground floor, there is a bracketed bay window. The majority of the timber frame remains intact, showcasing short jowelled storey posts.
Local climate
45 and 47, Head 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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