Cottages at the Rear of King William Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1976. Cottage. 1 related planning application.

Cottages at the Rear of King William Inn

WRENN ID
old-quartz-evening
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 February 1976
Type
Cottage
Address
Cottages at the Rear of King William Inn, Church Street, CM7 5FR
OS grid reference
TL 758 257
Coordinates
51.9023, 0.55515
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

A range of 18th-century timber-framed and plastered cottages stands at the rear of the King William Inn, adjoining a wing of the inn extending to the south-east. The cottages are one storey high with attics. They feature small casement windows and two boarded doors. The roof is tiled, with four dormers that have sloping roofs and are slate-covered.

Local climate

Cottages at the Rear of King William Inn 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2016
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • 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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