Hill House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1973. House. 2 related planning applications.
Hill House
- WRENN ID
- waning-zinc-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hill House, 36, Rayne Road, CM7 2QP
- OS grid reference
- TL 755 231
- Coordinates
- 51.87965, 0.54841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hill House is a late 18th century or early 19th century timber-framed and plastered house located on Rayne Road in Bocking. The building has two storeys and features a lower wing on the east end. It has a two-window range with double-hung sash windows that have vertical glazing bars, all set in flush cased frames. The central doorway is framed by a wood doorcase with a moulded architrave and a cornice. The roofs are tiled, with the main block having a mansard design that is steeply pitched and includes end chimney stacks.
Local climate
Hill House 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 — 2 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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