2, Bocking End is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. A Georgian House. 1 related planning application.

2, Bocking End

WRENN ID
first-wicket-hawthorn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 October 1951
Type
House
Period
Georgian
Address
2, Bocking End, CM7 9AJ
OS grid reference
TL 757 232
Coordinates
51.88013, 0.55136
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No 2 Bocking End is an 18th-century building with a dark red brick front and lighter red brick dressings, featuring a brick plinth. It has two storeys and attics, with a five-window range of double-hung sashes that have glazing bars in flush cased frames. The windows are set above recessed brick panels beneath the sills, and the ground storey windows are fitted with wood shutters. The entrance features a central eight-panel door, with the upper panels glazed, set within a wood Roman Doric doorcase that includes fluted pilasters, a triglyph frieze, and a cornice. A raised brick band runs between the storeys. The roof is tiled and hipped, with two 19th-century gabled dormers and a moulded wood eaves cornice.

On the southwest side, there is an early 19th-century grey gault brick wing that adjoins the White Hart Hotel at the south end. This wing also has two storeys and a four-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars in plain reveals. The entrance has a four-panel door with a semi-circular fanlight and plain reveals, and the roof is slate.

No 2 Bocking End and the White Hart Hotel are part of a group with Nos 2 to 8 (even) Rayne Road and Nos 1, 3, 9, and 11 Bank Street in Braintree.

Local climate

2, Bocking End 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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