14, 16 and 18, Church Ponds is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. Cottages. 7 related planning applications.

14, 16 and 18, Church Ponds

WRENN ID
western-latch-pine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1962
Type
Cottages
Address
14, 16 and 18, Church Ponds, Castle Hedingham, CO9 3BZ
OS grid reference
TL 784 356
Coordinates
51.99062, 0.59808
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A row of three cottages located at Church Ponds, Castle Hedingham, dating from the 17th century or earlier, with subsequent alterations. The cottages are timber-framed with red brick facing on the front elevation, except for the first floor of number 14, which is plastered. They have a red plain tiled roof and a red brick chimney stack on the rear. The cottages are two storeys high, with a four-window range to the first floor and a three-window range to the ground floor. The windows are a mix of small-paned casements, vertically sliding sashes, and small-paned three-light vertically sliding sashes. There are three vertically boarded doors.

Local climate

14, 16 and 18, 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 — 10 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 7 applications
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  • 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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