Mortimers is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1950. House. 2 related planning applications.
Mortimers
- WRENN ID
- standing-cornice-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Mortimers, 24, Chippinghill, Witham, CM8 2JS
- OS grid reference
- TL 817 153
- Coordinates
- 51.80699, 0.63507
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A 15th and 17th century timber-framed and plastered building with an 18th century extension at the south-east end. The north-east end retains a 15th century timber frame, and a wing extends south-west dating to the 17th century. The building is two storeys high. The frontages were altered in the 18th century and renovated in the 20th century. The main block has a four-window range with double-hung sashes and glazing bars, set within flush cased frames. The wing and north-west front have 20th century casement windows. There is a six-panel door with a pedimented doorcase. The roofs are tiled, with remains of an original crown post roof at the north-east end. The property forms a group with numbers 18 and the Smithy, numbers 20 to 30 (even), the Parish Church of St Nicholas, the Vicarage, numbers 43 to 55 (odd), number 2 (White Horse Public House), numbers 4 and 6 Church Street, and with number 7 (Woolpack Inn) and numbers 22 to 48 (even) Church Street.
Local climate
Mortimers 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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