Railings and Dwarf Wall Approximately 20 Metres East of Brook House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Railing and wall.
Railings and Dwarf Wall Approximately 20 Metres East of Brook House
- WRENN ID
- strange-timber-khaki
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1984
- Type
- Railing and wall
- OS grid reference
- TL 910 331
- Coordinates
- 51.96391, 0.77883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The railings and dwarf wall located approximately 20 metres east of Brook House were constructed around 1840. They are made of cast iron and feature a dwarf wall and piers made of gault brick. The structure is approximately 40 metres long and includes two gateways, each flanked by two brick piers, along with two additional intermediate brick piers. The piers stand about 1.30 metres high, while the railings reach a height of approximately 1 metre.
Local climate
Railings and Dwarf Wall Approximately 20 Metres East of Brook 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 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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