Blandford House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. House. 5 related planning applications.
Blandford House
- WRENN ID
- half-latch-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Blandford House, 7, London Road, CM7 2LD
- OS grid reference
- TL 754 228
- Coordinates
- 51.87651, 0.54809
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blandford House is a late 17th or early 18th century timber-framed and plastered house, likely dating from around 1700. Originally constructed on an L-shaped plan with wings extending to the northeast and southwest, it has undergone alterations and additions in the 18th century and later. The house has two storeys, attic space, and cellars. The northwest front features three windows, while the southwest front has four. A 3-window-range addition extends from the southeast end. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, set within flush cased frames; the windows on the southwest front of the main block have single vertical glazing bars. A central doorway on the northwest front retains an original shell hood supported by carved brackets. A single-storey addition from the 20th century projects on the southwest front. The roofs are tiled, hipped, and incorporate two 19th-century gabled dormers.
Local climate
Blandford 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 5 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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