1 and 2, Pottery Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
1 and 2, Pottery Lane
- WRENN ID
- eternal-lime-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 1 and 2, Pottery Lane, Castle Hedingham, CO9 3EU
- OS grid reference
- TL 785 354
- Coordinates
- 51.98923, 0.5991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos. 1 and 2 Pottery Lane is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with 18th century and later alterations and additions. The building features a three-storey range on the left that is timber framed and plastered, while the two-storey range on the right is faced with painted brick. The roof on the left is covered with red pantiles, and the right side has red plain tiles. There are two red brick chimney stacks.
The left side has two windows, and the right side has one window on the first floor and two windows on the ground floor. All windows are 18th century small paned horizontal sliding sashes. To the left, there is a trellised gabled porch with a glazed door, and to the right, there is a part glazed vertically boarded door. Some exposed timber can be seen internally.
Local climate
1 and 2, Pottery Lane 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2014
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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