The Manse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. House. 1 related planning application.

The Manse

WRENN ID
low-chamber-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1967
Type
House
Address
The Manse, the Green, Finchingfield, CM7 4JX
OS grid reference
TL 684 328
Coordinates
51.96856, 0.45065
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Manse is a house built in the early 19th century, specifically in 1810. It features a plastered exterior and a slate roof, with a rectangular plan that faces south. At the rear, there are two external stacks and a two-storey lean-to extension, along with single-storey extensions beyond. The building has three storeys.

On the ground floor, there are two early 19th-century sash windows, each with 16 lights. The first floor has two similar windows and a central sash window with twelve lights, also from the early 19th century. The attic features three horizontally sliding sash windows, each with eight lights, dating back to the same period.

The entrance is marked by a central six-panel door, which has a moulded doorcase and an elliptical arch above it, enclosing a fanlight with geometrical tracery. The roof is low-pitched and hipped.

Local climate

The Manse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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