Constables is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1986. A 18th century House. 4 related planning applications.
Constables
- WRENN ID
- shifting-stronghold-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1986
- Type
- House
- Period
- 18th century
- Address
- Constables, Parkend Lane, Shalford, CM7 5AZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 714 276
- Coordinates
- 51.92056, 0.4912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Constables is a house that dates from the 18th century or earlier and has been altered in the 20th century. It is timber framed and plastered, with a roof made of interlocking concrete tiles. The house has four bays facing south and features an axial stack located in the second bay from the right end. There is a 20th-century lean-to conservatory at the left end of the building. It is one storey high with attics, and includes three 20th-century casement windows, as well as an additional casement window in a swept dormer. The entrance is marked by a plain boarded door.
Local climate
Constables 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 3 transactions since 2017
- 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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