Numbers 74, 74a and Corn Exchange is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1973. Corn Exchange, commercial. 4 related planning applications.
Numbers 74, 74a and Corn Exchange
- WRENN ID
- inner-turret-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1973
- Type
- Corn Exchange, commercial
- Address
- Numbers 74, 74a and Corn Exchange, High Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 756 230
- Coordinates
- 51.87828, 0.55049
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Numbers 74, 74A and the Corn Exchange were built in 1839 and enlarged between 1860 and 1877. The building features a front made of white gault brick, which is now painted on the outer bays and plastered in the center. It is two storeys high with a three-window range and has 20th-century alterations. The front has a parapet and a stucco cornice, divided into three bays by pilasters that extend through both storeys. The central bay projects slightly and is recessed beneath an entablature. The ground floor contains 20th-century shops designed in an 18th-century style at the northeast and southwest ends. This building is included for its group value, as it forms part of a collection of listed buildings from No 68 to No 80 on the southeast side.
Local climate
Numbers 74, 74a and Corn Exchange 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 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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