Old Bakery is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. A C17 House. 1 related planning application.
Old Bakery
- WRENN ID
- dusted-hinge-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1962
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Bakery, 37, Swan Street, Sible Hedingham, CO9 3RE
- OS grid reference
- TL 782 336
- Coordinates
- 51.97294, 0.59401
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, likely dating from the 17th century or earlier, and subject to later alterations. It is timber-framed and has a rough render finish. The roof is hipped and tiled with red tiles, with a rear chimney stack built of red brick. The building has two storeys and originally featured two windows on the first floor, consisting of leaded three-light casements. The ground floor to the left has a small, vertically sliding sash window with small panes. A six-light shop window sits between two four-panelled doors, which have a pentice board above. A rear wing has been added.
Local climate
Old Bakery 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- 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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