Old Timbers is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. House. 3 related planning applications.
Old Timbers
- WRENN ID
- riven-porch-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1962
- Type
- House
- Address
- Old Timbers, Church Street, Great Maplestead, CO9 2RQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 806 344
- Coordinates
- 51.97933, 0.62965
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Timbers is a house dating from the 16th century or earlier. It is timber framed with parget plastering, and has red plain tiled roofs. A gabled crosswing is located on the right. The main range has a central red brick chimney stack with three octagonal shafts and the date 1607 inscribed on the base. Two red brick chimney stacks are present at the rear, and a gabled dormer is visible on the main range. The house is one storey high with attics, and includes a single-storey red tiled garage extension to the right. The facade features a 2:1 window range of small-paned horizontal sliding sashes and casement windows. A plank and muntin door is positioned on the left.
Local climate
Old Timbers 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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