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

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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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