Horse and Groom Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1973. Inn. 2 related planning applications.
Horse and Groom Inn
- WRENN ID
- quartered-sill-dock
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1973
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- Horse and Groom Inn, 20, Rayne Road, CM7 2QA
- OS grid reference
- TL 755 232
- Coordinates
- 51.87981, 0.54961
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Horse and Groom Inn is an 18th-century timber-framed and plastered building featuring a wooden parapet and cornice. The front has been roughcast and the building stands two storeys high with cellars. It has a three-window range with double-hung sashes that include glazing bars, all set in flush cased frames. The first-storey windows are adorned with wooden cornices, while the ground storey showcases three three-light bays. A wooden cornice fascia runs across the front above the ground storey bays, with pilasters positioned between the bays and at the doorway. At the east end, there is a single-storey addition that includes attics with two three-light windows, also double-hung sashes with glazing bars. A timber-framed and plastered wing extends at the rear, which is partly weather-boarded. The roofs are tiled, dating from the 20th century, and feature two flat-headed dormers on the eastern addition.
Local climate
Horse and Groom Inn 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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