1a, 1b and 1c, Head Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1978. Commercial. 2 related planning applications.

1a, 1b and 1c, Head Street

WRENN ID
leaning-mortar-woodpecker
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1978
Type
Commercial
Address
1a, 1b and 1c, Head Street, Halstead, CO9 2AT
OS grid reference
TL 815 307
Coordinates
51.94539, 0.63952
Source
Historic England listing

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

Description

Nos 1A, 1B, and 1C on Head Street is a 15th-century timber-framed building that features a 19th-century grey brick front. It has a four-window range with double-hung sashes and a red plain tile roof. The building is adorned with a parapet and a dentilled string course, along with flat window arches made of red brick.

Local climate

1a, 1b and 1c, Head 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2000
  • 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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