Franciscan Convent is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1973. Convent. 1 related planning application.
Franciscan Convent
- WRENN ID
- high-mantel-heath
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1973
- Type
- Convent
- Address
- Franciscan Convent, Broad Road, CM7 9RS
- OS grid reference
- TL 762 243
- Coordinates
- 51.88967, 0.56051
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Franciscan Convent is an early 19th-century house that is timber-framed and plastered, located on the bank of the River Blackwater, north of Bradford Bridge. The building has two storeys and features two short wings that project forward at the north and south ends of the west front. The west front has a three-window range, with the outer windows in the wings being two-storey, three-light bays. The south front has a six-window range. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, set in flush cased frames.
The central part of the west front includes a recessed porch supported by Tuscan columns in antis, with a cornice and frieze positioned between the wings. The roofs are hipped and covered with slate. Additionally, there is a further wing that extends to the east on the south front.
Local climate
Franciscan Convent 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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