99 and 101, Head Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1978. House.
99 and 101, Head Street
- WRENN ID
- silver-lancet-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- 99 and 101, Head Street, Halstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 817 309
- Coordinates
- 51.94729, 0.64242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
99 and 101 Head Street is a late 15th century timber-framed building with plastered walls and a red plain tile roof. It has two storeys and attics, featuring double hung sash windows with glazing bars. At the north end, there is a carriage arch. The building includes two 18th century gabled dormers, which have horizontal sliding sashes with glazing bars. The doorways have simple pedimented heads supported by fretted consoles, and No 99 has a six-panelled door. Inside, some original framing is visible, including chamfered beams and jowled storey posts. There is a late 17th century or early 18th century extension at the rear, along with a late 17th century side purlin roof.
Local climate
99 and 101, Head Street 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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