High Garrett House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1973. Farmhouse.

High Garrett House

WRENN ID
gentle-clay-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
29 November 1973
Type
Farmhouse
Address
High Garrett House, 107
OS grid reference
TL 774 269
Coordinates
51.91241, 0.57918
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

High Garrett House is an 18th century timber-framed and plastered farmhouse located on the west side of High Garrett in Bocking. The building has two storeys and features a five-window range with double-hung sash windows that include glazing bars, all set in flush cased frames. On the ground storey, there are 19th century bay windows on either side of a central doorway, which is topped with a flat canopy supported by brackets. The roof is hipped and covered with tiles. The house underwent restoration and renovation in the 20th century.

Local climate

High Garrett House 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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