The Crotchet is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1973. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Crotchet
- WRENN ID
- fallow-chapel-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Crotchet, 128, Newland Street, Witham, CM8 1BA
- OS grid reference
- TL 819 142
- Coordinates
- 51.79762, 0.63694
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Crotchet is a building located at 128 Newland Street, dating from 1841, although it features a red brick front from the 18th century that covers an earlier timber-framed and plastered structure. It has two storeys and cellars, with a three-window range of double-hung sashes that include glazing bars set in plastered reveals. The ground storey showcases a late 18th century or early 19th century shop front, complete with pilasters, a cornice, and double fronted shop windows that also have glazing bars. A central doorway is accessed by stone steps. The front of the building features a parapet that is higher than that of the adjacent property at 126, along with a stucco band that continues from No 126. The roof is tiled. The Crotchet is part of a group with the buildings at 118 and 124 to 128, as well as Nos 117 to 129.
Local climate
The Crotchet 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2015
- 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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