Monk's is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. House.

Monk's

WRENN ID
twelfth-doorway-harvest
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1984
Type
House
Address
Monk's, Sible Hedingham
OS grid reference
TL 759 352
Coordinates
51.98803, 0.56121
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Monk's is a house that dates from the 17th century or earlier, with some later alterations. It features a timber frame and is covered in panel plaster. The roof is made of red plain tiles and there are two red brick chimney stacks. The house has a wing at the rear and stands two storeys high. The front has a three-window range of vertically sliding sashes with lattice glazing bars. There is a central enclosed porch with a red tiled roof and a panelled door.

Local climate

Monk's 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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