Congregational Church is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. Church. 2 related planning applications.

Congregational Church

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1951
Type
Church
Address
Congregational Church, Bocking End, CM7 9AA
OS grid reference
TL 757 233
Coordinates
51.88134, 0.55227
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Congregational Church in Bocking is an early 19th-century building made of buff gault brick. Originally constructed in 1701 for one of the earliest dissenting congregations in the country, it was enlarged in 1808 when the current structure was built. The church has two storeys and features a five-window range with 20th-century fixed lights that have semi-circular heads. There are two doorways set in semi-circular arched recesses. Small wings extend from the north and south ends, each containing a doorway and a semi-circular window above. The roof is hipped and covered with slate, topped by an octagonal glazed lantern that also has glazing bars and a slate roof.

Local climate

Congregational Church 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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