The Willows is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. House.
The Willows
- WRENN ID
- north-gravel-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 April 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Willows, 3, Foundry Lane, Earls Colne
- OS grid reference
- TL 855 288
- Coordinates
- 51.92749, 0.69775
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Willows is an early 19th-century house located on Foundry Lane in Earls Colne. It is primarily constructed of gault brick in Flemish bond, with sections of flint rubble and plastered timber framing. The building has a double-range plan facing west and features four red brick stacks. It stands two storeys high and has a three-window range of late 19th-century sash windows, each topped with stuccoed brick arches. The house also includes a late 19th-century latticed porch, which has a sunburst design above the entrance and a hipped lead roof. The roofs are low-pitched, and the interior retains original detailing.
Local climate
The Willows sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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