Brook House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. House. 3 related planning applications.
Brook House
- WRENN ID
- vacant-rubble-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Brook House, Bures Hamlet, CO8 5AG
- OS grid reference
- TL 909 331
- Coordinates
- 51.96412, 0.77861
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Brook House is a house dating to circa 1840, with an 18th-century service wing. It is constructed of stucco over brick, with a slate roof, and the service wing is timber-framed and plastered. The house has a double-range plan, facing west, with the service wing at the rear of the right end. It is two storeys high and has a five-window front of sash windows with small surrounding lights and external louvred shutters. A central four-panel door, with glazed upper panels, is set within a Tuscan porch. The stucco is marked to resemble stone blocks, with a band marking the first floor level. The roof is hipped with a shallow pitch. The service wing features exposed beams and joists.
Local climate
Brook 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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