2 and 4, Colne Park Road is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. A Medieval House. 3 related planning applications.

2 and 4, Colne Park Road

WRENN ID
waiting-brick-merlin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1962
Type
House
Period
Medieval
Address
2 and 4, Colne Park Road, White Colne, CO6 2PL
OS grid reference
TL 868 291
Coordinates
51.92956, 0.7166
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This is a house, originally one dwelling, now divided into two separate properties at 2 and 4 Colne Park Road. The core of the building dates to the 15th century, with a significant extension added in the 18th century. It is constructed with a timber frame, now plastered, and has a roof covered in handmade red plain tiles. The original plan consisted of a two-bay hall facing southwest, with a service bay to the left and a parlour/solar bay to the right. There is an 18th-century one-bay extension to the left. The building features two axial chimney stacks and an external stack at the right end, along with extensions to the rear.

Architecturally, the house features a single storey with attics. Number 4, on the left, has three ground-floor windows and three dormers, the alterations to which were noted in April 1986. Number 2, on the right, showcases two 16-light sash windows and two 20th-century casements in its gabled dormers. The roof has a gablet hip at the right end. Interior features include jowled posts, close studding, a cranked central tiebeam and a crownpost roof with axial bracing. Simple internal doorheads are also present. The timber frame was measured and documented in a 1983 publication, "Wherein I Dwell," by the Earl's Colne WEA, pages 38-41 and on the inside rear cover.

Local climate

2 and 4, Colne Park Road sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 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 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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