Number 15 (The Vicarage) Wall Enclosing the Garden of the House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. A C18 Garden wall. 4 related planning applications.
Number 15 (The Vicarage) Wall Enclosing the Garden of the House
- WRENN ID
- rough-timber-moth
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Garden wall
- Address
- Number 15 (The Vicarage) Wall Enclosing the Garden of the House, Queen Street, Castle Hedingham
- OS grid reference
- TL 785 354
- Coordinates
- 51.98876, 0.59821
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall encloses the garden of Number 15, The Vicarage, and dates to the 18th century. It is constructed of red brick and includes pilaster supports. The wall runs from the northwest corner, which is the right front of the wall associated with the house (listed separately), around the rear of the garden and to the front left corner of that same wall. It stands between 2 and 3 metres high. A red brick and red tiled outbuilding is incorporated into the front left section, and a spur wall extends from the rear left corner of the house. Group value: the wall contributes to the significance of the group of buildings in Castle Hedingham.
Local climate
Number 15 (The Vicarage) Wall Enclosing the Garden of the 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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