Complex of Walls, Railings and Gates Forming the Street Boundary of Number 11 (The Vicarage), from the North East End Extending 128 Metres to the North West and Then 17 Metres to the South West, and from the South West End Extending 52 Metr is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 20 August 1981. Wall, railings, gates.
Complex of Walls, Railings and Gates Forming the Street Boundary of Number 11 (The Vicarage), from the North East End Extending 128 Metres to the North West and Then 17 Metres to the South West, and from the South West End Extending 52 Metr
- WRENN ID
- moated-nave-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 20 August 1981
- Type
- Wall, railings, gates
- OS grid reference
- TL 866 193
- Coordinates
- 51.84137, 0.70861
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The complex comprises walls, railings, and gates forming the street boundary of Number 11, The Vicarage. Dating from the 16th to 19th centuries, the materials are red brick in English and Flemish bond, and cast iron.
The boundary extends 128 metres to the northwest, then 17 metres to the southwest, and 52 metres to the northwest, then 63 metres to the southwest—a total length of approximately 297 metres. A section of the boundary, approximately 47 metres in length, runs parallel to the road, interrupted by vehicle gateways approximately 2.5 metres wide on either side of The Vicarage, and a small wooden gate to the east of the house. This wall is 1.5 to 2 metres high and constructed in Flemish bond, topped with a coping of moulded V-bricks. The vehicle gateway east of the house has two square brick piers, each with a moulded stone coping and ball finial. A single square brick pier with a moulded stone coping exists to the northeast of this gateway.
The railings are fixed to dwarf brick walls with stone copings, featuring plain square points. The iron double gates, situated in front of the main door, have dipped rails with scrolls above and a scrolled band across the middle. To either side of the gates are iron stanchions with internal scrolls and four finials. The gates are approximately 1.5 metres high, and the railings are approximately one metre high.
The wall along the northeast boundary is also in Flemish bond with a moulded V-brick coping and stands approximately 3 metres high. A section of this wall forms the rear wall of a lean-to building to the east of the house. The southwest boundary wall, which also forms the rear boundaries of numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9, is constructed in English and Flemish bond, with a similar coping, also approximately 3 metres high. This section contains the oldest brickwork and formerly bounded the garden of a mansion called Strangers, terminating near a former fishpond.
Local climate
Complex of Walls, Railings and Gates Forming the Street Boundary of Number 11 (The Vicarage), from the North East End Extending 128 Metres to the North West and Then 17 Metres to the South West, and from the South West End Extending 52 Metr sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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