30, 34, 36, 38, Church Ponds is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1969. Row of cottages. 1 related planning application.

30, 34, 36, 38, Church Ponds

WRENN ID
broken-mantel-snow
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
15 October 1969
Type
Row of cottages
Address
30, 34, 36, 38, Church Ponds, Castle Hedingham
OS grid reference
TL 784 356
Coordinates
51.9907, 0.59749
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A row of four cottages, likely originating in the 17th century or earlier, with alterations and additions made in the 18th century and later. The cottages are timber framed and have red brick facades. They have a red plain tiled roof, with a lowered section on the right-hand side, and three red brick chimney stacks, the central one featuring attached square shafts. The cottages are one storey high with attics, displaying a seven-window range of casement windows, which are either two or three-light, using horizontal and vertical sliding sashes with glazing bars. There are also two vertically boarded doors and two part-glazed, part-panelled doors. All ground floor doors and windows are set within segmental brick arches. Number 30 has been restored using original materials and is included in the listing due to its group value alongside the other cottages and the village.

Local climate

30, 34, 36, 38, Church Ponds 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 — 4 transactions since 1997
  • 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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