Bakehouse Approximately 5 Metres West of the Priest House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1986. Bakehouse.
Bakehouse Approximately 5 Metres West of the Priest House
- WRENN ID
- moated-eave-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1986
- Type
- Bakehouse
- OS grid reference
- TL 730 293
- Coordinates
- 51.9358, 0.51553
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century bakehouse located approximately 5 meters west of The Priest House in Wethersfield. It is timber framed and weatherboarded, with a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The bakehouse is aligned east to west and features a large oven on the south side, along with an internal stack. It is a single-storey building with a plain boarded door, which dates from the 18th century or earlier, located on the east side. There is also a 20th-century casement window on the south side. The main frame is constructed from hardwood, which is jointed and pegged, although some of the studs have been replaced with softwood. The original timbers show significant smoke blackening. This building is included for its group value with nearby structures.
Local climate
Bakehouse Approximately 5 Metres West of the Priest House 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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