Old Timbers is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. House. 3 related planning applications.

Old Timbers

WRENN ID
empty-window-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1967
Type
House
Address
Old Timbers, 21, High Street, Kelvedon, CO5 9AG
OS grid reference
TL 859 185
Coordinates
51.83415, 0.69748
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Old Timbers is a house, now divided into two cottages, dating from the 18th century and altered in the 19th century. It is timber-framed with plaster infill and has a roof of handmade red plain tiles. The building has a square plan facing southeast, with an internal stack behind its main axis. It is two storeys high with attics. The left-hand side, Old Timbers, has, on the ground floor, a 4 + 8-light sash window from the early 19th century. The first floor has a 19th-century casement window, and a 19th or 20th-century casement window within a gabled dormer window. There is a 20th-century door with a simple canopy. The right-hand side, No. 23, has a splayed bay of 20th-century casement windows on the ground floor, a 19th-century casement window on the first floor, and a 19th-century casement window within a gabled dormer. It has a half-glazed door with a simple canopy. The roof has a gambrel shape. The building is included on the list for its group value.

Local climate

Old Timbers 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 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 — 10 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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