The Rosary is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. Cottage.
The Rosary
- WRENN ID
- winter-keystone-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Rosary, Gages Road, Belchamp St. Paul
- OS grid reference
- TL 791 422
- Coordinates
- 52.04974, 0.61112
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Rosary is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with later alterations. It is constructed from timber framing and plaster, featuring a half hipped thatched roof adorned with three gabled dormers. The building has one storey and attics, and includes a three-window range of 19th-century two-light and three-light half paned casements. To the right, there is a four-panelled door topped with a frieze and pediment. The cottage has an off-centre red brick chimney stack, as well as an external red brick chimney stack on the left side. Additionally, there is a lean-to extension on the left, covered with red pantiles.
Local climate
The Rosary 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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