The Cage or Lock Up is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 April 1977. Lock up. 1 related planning application.
The Cage or Lock Up
- WRENN ID
- fallow-jade-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 April 1977
- Type
- Lock up
- Address
- The Cage or Lock Up, New Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 757 229
- Coordinates
- 51.87752, 0.55122
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cage, or lock up, is a small, one-storey structure built around 1840. It is made of red brick and features a lean-to design with a flagstone ceiling. The entrance has a plank door that is studded with large nails. Inside, there is a brick-built seat along the walls. The building was used for its original purpose until around 1875, when it was repurposed as an ammunition store for the 12th Essex Volunteer Rifles.
Local climate
The Cage or Lock Up sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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