Gresham House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. House. 1 related planning application.
Gresham House
- WRENN ID
- former-minaret-ridge
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- Gresham House, 39, Bradford Street, CM7 9AT
- OS grid reference
- TL 760 238
- Coordinates
- 51.88569, 0.55644
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Gresham House is a late 18th century timber-framed and plastered house located on Bradford Street. It is two stories and has a basement. The front facade, once timber-framed and plastered, is now finished with pebble-dashed panels. It has a four-window arrangement with double-hung sash windows featuring glazing bars, set within flush-cased frames. The entrance features a six-panel door, with the upper panels glazed, and a blocked semi-circular fanlight above it. The door is surrounded by a wooden doorcase featuring pilasters and an open pediment. The roof is slate covered. Inside, there is an 18th century staircase.
Gresham House is part of a group of listed buildings ranging from number 19 to 41 on the west side, and from number 4 to 20 on the east side, including Bawn Cottage and Bawn Close. It also forms a group with listed buildings from number 37 to 89 (inclusive of numbers 57, 61, and 61A) on the west side, alongside numbers 24 to 56A on the east side.
Local climate
Gresham House 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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