3, Bradford Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1973. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

3, Bradford Street

WRENN ID
inner-transept-willow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 November 1973
Type
Cottage
Address
3, Bradford Street, Bocking, CM7 9AS
OS grid reference
TL 759 236
Coordinates
51.88386, 0.55517
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a 17th-century timber-framed and plastered cottage located on Bradford Street. It has been renovated and altered in the 20th century. The cottage is two storeys high with attics, and has two windows. The windows are 20th-century casements. On the ground floor, there's a 20th-century segmental bay window with glazing bars. A small 20th-century porch projects from the south end. The roof is tiled. Internally, there are exposed beams. The building is included on the list for its group value. It forms a group with numbers 3 to 13 (odd) on Bradford Street, Little Bradfords, and a barn situated to the southeast of Little Bradfords.

Local climate

3, Bradford Street 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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  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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