Leppingwells is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Cottage. 4 related planning applications.
Leppingwells
- WRENN ID
- floating-moulding-oak
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Leppingwells, School Road, Little Maplestead, CO9 2RY
- OS grid reference
- TL 828 339
- Coordinates
- 51.9736, 0.66
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Leppingwells is a cottage that dates back to the 16th century or earlier, with later alterations and additions. It features a timber frame with painted brick facing at the front and a plastered rear. The cottage has a red tiled roof and two red brick external chimney stacks, one on the left and one at the right ridge. It is a single storey building with attics and has a two-window range of casement windows. There is a 20th-century flat roof porch on the right, which includes a plank and muntin door. The roof is constructed with side purlins. Historical records indicate that the property was owned by the Leffingwell family of Earls Colne around 1468.
Local climate
Leppingwells 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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