Bennets is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. A C16/Earlier House/shop. 1 related planning application.
Bennets
- WRENN ID
- lapsed-casement-weasel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1962
- Type
- House/shop
- Address
- Bennets, 3, Falcon Square, Castle Hedingham, CO9 3BT
- OS grid reference
- TL 785 356
- Coordinates
- 51.99033, 0.59883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a house, likely dating to the early 16th century or earlier, with subsequent alterations. It is timber-framed and plastered, with the original timber frame exposed on the first floor of the central and right gables. A brick plinth is present, and the roof is covered with red plain tiles. A red brick chimney stack is located on the left side. A rear wing extends to the back, featuring three projecting gables. The house is two storeys high, with a window arrangement of 1:1:1, consisting mainly of 20th-century casement windows. There are two 19th-century small-paned vertically sliding sash windows on the first floor. The timber frame features heavy close studding, mullion cills, and a carved bressumer on the central and right crosswings. A 20th-century vertically boarded door is centrally positioned.
Local climate
Bennets 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 — 4 transactions since 2000
- 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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