Church Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. House, church hall.

Church Hall

WRENN ID
fossil-rotunda-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 1987
Type
House, church hall
Address
Church Hall, 12, Brook Street, Colne Engaine
OS grid reference
TL 849 303
Coordinates
51.94119, 0.68869
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

This building is a church hall, dating from around 1620, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It has a timber frame that is plastered, with a facade made of painted brick in Flemish bond, and is topped with a roof of handmade red plain tiles. The structure features three bays facing south, with an axial stack in the middle bay that creates a lobby entrance. There is an extension at the rear of the left and middle bays, which has a catslide roof. The building is two storeys high and has a two-window range of 20th-century casements, along with a central 20th-century door.

The exterior displays close studding with primary straight bracing. Inside, the right bay contains a chamfered axial beam with lamb's tongue stops, along with moulded joists that have a horizontal section and are also chamfered with lamb's tongue stops. There is a large wood-burning hearth lined with 20th-century brickwork and an original three-plank door leading to a cupboard. The left bay features a chamfered axial beam, with joists that are plastered to the soffits, and a wide wood-burning hearth with a renewed mantel beam. A staircase is located behind the stack. On the first floor, the right room includes an original moulded three-plank door. Above the first floor, there are original chamfered axial beams with lamb's tongue stops, and the roof has original clasped purlins, some of which are re-used smoke-blackened medieval rafters.

Local climate

Church Hall 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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