126, Newland Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 March 1950. House. 1 related planning application.
126, Newland Street
- WRENN ID
- steep-roof-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 March 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- 126, Newland Street, Witham, CM8 1BA
- OS grid reference
- TL 819 142
- Coordinates
- 51.79768, 0.63709
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
126 Newland Street is an 18th century timber-framed and plastered house, featuring a striking early 18th century blue and red brick front. The façade includes a parapet with a stone coping, a stucco band below, a plinth, and pilasters. The building has two storeys, attics, and cellars, with a five-window range of double-hung sash windows that have thick glazing bars, cased frames, and brick aprons. The central window on the first floor has a semi-circular brick arched head with a stucco keystone, while the outer windows on the first floor feature shaped soffits and the inner windows also have stucco keystones. Above the first-floor windows, there are raised brick panels. The entrance consists of a central six-panel door, with the upper panels glazed, framed by a wood doorcase that includes an architrave, pilasters, a projecting frieze, and a modillion cornice supported by cut brackets. The roof is hipped and tiled. This building is part of a group with Nos 117 to 129 (odd) and includes No 118 and Nos 124 to 128 (even).
Local climate
126, Newland 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 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- 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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