Woodburn is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.

Woodburn

WRENN ID
waning-keep-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1986
Type
Cottage
Address
Woodburn, Borley, CO10 7AE
OS grid reference
TL 843 430
Coordinates
52.05553, 0.68761
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Woodburn is an early 17th-century cottage, originally comprising two cottages. It is timber-framed and plastered, with a red plain tile roof. The cottage has one storey and attics, with a four-window front featuring 20th-century casement windows. There are three gabled dormers. Original and 19th-century red brick chimney stacks are present. A gabled wing at the rear may contain earlier fabric.

Local climate

Woodburn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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  • Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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