Baythorne Park is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. House. 6 related planning applications.

Baythorne Park

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 August 1952
Type
House
Address
Baythorne Park, Birdbrook, CO9 4AG
OS grid reference
TL 730 424
Coordinates
52.05377, 0.52185
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Baythorne Park is a house built in the late 17th century and altered in the early 19th century. It features a combination of stuccoed brick and timber framing, topped with handmade red clay tiles. The building is aligned northeast to southwest and has a northwest aspect. It consists of two parallel ranges, with two axial chimney stacks symmetrically placed in the front range and two asymmetrical stacks in the rear range. There is a 19th-century service wing to the southwest, also comprising two parallel ranges with two internal chimney stacks.

The house has a symmetrical elevation and stands two storeys high with attics. At the front, there are central double doors set within a Tuscan porch, approached by three stone steps. The ground floor has six double-hung sash windows, each with 12 lights, while the first floor has seven similar windows, all featuring shallow hoods supported by consoles. The ends of the elevation are marked by giant stucco pilasters topped with ball finials. A parapet with recessed quatrefoiled circles crowns the building, which also has three flat-roofed dormers in its fully hipped roof and a central octagonal cupola with an ogival lead roof.

On the southeast (garden) elevation, there are four early 19th-century French windows with marginal lights, sheltered by a full-length canopy with an ogival wooden roof supported by cast iron stanchions. The first floor features four double-hung sash windows with 12 lights. The parapet design mirrors that of the front elevation and extends around the sides. Some of the rear windows contain crown glass, and there are remnants of 17th-century panelling, along with early 19th-century folding shutters and other internal features. The building also includes lead rainwater fittings.

Local climate

Baythorne Park sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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