Saddlers is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. A C16 House. 8 related planning applications.
Saddlers
- WRENN ID
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- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1962
- Type
- House
- Address
- Saddlers, 26, St James Street, Castle Hedingham, CO9 3EW
- OS grid reference
- TL 786 355
- Coordinates
- 51.98973, 0.60025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Saddlers is a house located on St. James Street in Castle Hedingham, dating from the 16th century or earlier. The building is timber framed and plastered, featuring a red brick roof that is plain tiled, with a gabled crosswing on the left side. It has a large central red brick chimney stack and stands two storeys tall with attics. The front has a two-window range of small paned casements. On the ground floor to the right, there is a flat head oriel supported by two brackets, which includes glazing bars and transoms. The central door, accessed by two steps, has double vertical panels and a plain surround.
Local climate
Saddlers 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 2 transactions since 2003
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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