3, Crown Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
3, Crown Street
- WRENN ID
- crooked-gargoyle-amber
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 3, Crown Street, Castle Hedingham, CO9 3DB
- OS grid reference
- TL 783 356
- Coordinates
- 51.99077, 0.59685
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cottage, likely dating from the 17th century with later alterations. It is timber-framed and has a rough render finish. The roof is covered with red plain tiles, and a central chimney stack is built of red brick. The cottage is two storeys high, with a three-window arrangement to the first floor. The ground floor has a two-window and a three-window arrangement, each window containing square leaded casements with two and three lights respectively. A panelled door with two lights is located on the left side, and there are two vertically boarded doors. All doors are fitted with pentice boards and brackets.
Local climate
3, Crown Street 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 9 transactions since 2003
- 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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