Ratcliff's is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. House. 1 related planning application.

Ratcliff's

WRENN ID
graven-timber-ridge
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 January 1985
Type
House
Address
Ratcliff's, Bakers Lane, Black Notley, CM7 8LB
OS grid reference
TL 755 208
Coordinates
51.85876, 0.54739
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Ratcliff's, formerly known as Ratcliff House, is an 18th-century house that has undergone later alterations and additions. It features a timber frame with a plastered exterior and a double range roof covered in red plain tiles. There are external red brick chimney stacks on both the left and right sides of the building. The house is two storeys high and has a three-window range of small paned vertically sliding sashes, with those on the ground floor having pentice boards above them. The central entrance consists of a three-panel, three-light door, which is adorned with a moulded surround and a flat canopy supported by curved brackets.

Local climate

Ratcliff's 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% 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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