Astles is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. House. 6 related planning applications.
Astles
- WRENN ID
- haunted-chamber-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1962
- Type
- House
- Address
- Astles, 1, Pye Corner, Castle Hedingham, CO9 3DE
- OS grid reference
- TL 784 357
- Coordinates
- 51.9918, 0.597
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Astles is a house dating from the 18th century, constructed of red brick with some blue brick accents. It features a large half hipped gambrel roof and a dentilled eaves cornice. There are two red brick chimney stacks, each with four square attached shafts, bands, and moulded capping. The building has two storeys and attics, with a four-window range consisting mainly of three-light casements that are transomed and fitted with glazing bars, all topped with gauged brick arches. To the left return, there is a two-window range that is now blocked. The central entrance has a recessed panelled door with four lights, set in a moulded surround that includes a convex frieze and a moulded pediment. Internally, there are 18th and 19th-century doors and mouldings. Notably, H. De Vere Stacpool wrote 'The Blue Lagoon' in this house.
Local climate
Astles 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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