1 and 2, Sunnyside is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. A C16 House.

1 and 2, Sunnyside

WRENN ID
stubborn-storey-reed
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1967
Type
House
Address
1 and 2, Sunnyside, the Green, Finchingfield, CM7 4JX
OS grid reference
TL 683 328
Coordinates
51.96851, 0.44975
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

1 and 2 Sunnyside is a house that dates back to the early 16th century, with alterations made in the 18th and 20th centuries. It features a timber frame that is plastered and has a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The building has three bays facing south, with an axial stack located in the right bay and a two-bay crosswing to the right. There is a single-storey extension at the rear with a catslide roof, and a lean-to extension to the right from the 18th century, which has a felted roof. The house is two storeys tall and has a five-window range of 20th-century casements, along with two 20th-century doors. The right crosswing has a jetty at the front that is fully plastered.

Inside, the house has exposed heavy studding, main posts with jowls at the first-floor and tiebeam level, and moulded transverse beams with carved foliate stops. The plain joists are of horizontal section, and there is a large wood-burning hearth that faces to the left. Both the main range and the crosswing have roofs constructed with crownpost construction and axial bracing, which are complete.

The owners have reported that the external plaster was removed around 1945 and was re-plastered around 1979. The moulding of the beams is similar to that found in Street Farmhouse.

Local climate

1 and 2, Sunnyside sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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