Fountain Terrace is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 May 1978. Terrace of cottages. 2 related planning applications.

Fountain Terrace

WRENN ID
winding-nave-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 May 1978
Type
Terrace of cottages
Address
Fountain Terrace, 1-3, Brook Street, Great Bardfield, CM7 4RH
OS grid reference
TL 677 305
Coordinates
51.94787, 0.43887
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fountain Terrace is a group of cottages dating from the early 19th century, situated on the south side of Brook Street in Great Bardfield. The cottages are timber-framed with plaster rendering and have roofs covered in red clay pantiles. The north-facing elevation features two chimney stacks on the front slope of the roof and one on the rear. Rear extensions have been added. The cottages are two storeys high and have a varying window arrangement: a two-window range with 20th-century sash windows, a single-window range with early 19th-century sash windows of 16 lights, and another single-window range with 20th-century sash windows. The front features a plain door (at number 2) and a half-glazed door (at number 1), both protected by shallow hoods and simple architraves. The roof is hipped at the left-hand end only.

Local climate

Fountain Terrace 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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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  • Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
  • Sale history — 11 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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