18 and 20, Church Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. A C17 Cottage.
18 and 20, Church Street
- WRENN ID
- solemn-lantern-brook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 18 and 20, Church Street, Sible Hedingham
- OS grid reference
- TL 776 341
- Coordinates
- 51.97708, 0.58553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
18 and 20 Church Street are two cottages that date from the 17th or 18th century, with alterations and additions made in the 19th and 20th centuries. The cottages consist of three sections: the left and center are timber framed with plastered or painted brick facades and red tiled roofs, each having one storey and attics with a catslide dormer, while the center roof is notably low. The right section is made of painted brick with a grey slate roof and features two storeys along with a red brick chimney stack. The buildings have a window arrangement of three sections, each with various vertical and horizontal sliding sashes that include glazing bars. There are two 20th-century doors, with the door to No. 18 accessed by steps. These cottages are included for their group value.
Local climate
18 and 20, Church Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 5 transactions since 1995
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