Whiteoaks is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. House.
Whiteoaks
- WRENN ID
- first-screen-marsh
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1962
- Type
- House
- Address
- Whiteoaks, 14, Lower Holt Street, Earls Colne
- OS grid reference
- TL 865 287
- Coordinates
- 51.92615, 0.71128
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Whiteoaks is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is timber framed and plastered, with a roof covered in handmade red plain tiles. The building has three to four bays facing northwest and features an axial stack positioned to the right of the center. There is a lean-to extension at the rear left. The house has one storey with attics, and it includes three 20th-century casement windows, along with three additional casements in gabled dormers. The entrance is marked by a 20th-century door, and the structure has a crownpost roof.
Local climate
Whiteoaks 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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- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
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