Greys Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. House. 4 related planning applications.

Greys Hall

WRENN ID
proud-bracket-candle
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 June 1962
Type
House
Address
Greys Hall, 23 and 24, Rectory Road, Sible Hedingham, CO9 3NU
OS grid reference
TL 776 343
Coordinates
51.97964, 0.58547
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · EPC · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

House, dating from circa 1714, likely designed by Moses Cooke. The building is constructed of painted brick with a red plain tiled roof, featuring parapet verges, four small hipped gables, and halved, hipped gables to the right and left. Red brick chimney stacks are located to the right and left of the property. The house has two storeys and attics. A central hipped dormer and a flat-headed dormer are present to the left. The facade facing Rectory Road comprises three bays, with a central staircase projection featuring railings and parapets with moulded cornices to the left and right bays. Pilasters accentuate each angle. A central band runs across the facade. The window arrangement is 1:1:1, with small-paned vertically sliding sashes on the first floor to the left and right, and similar windows of two lights on the ground floor. The central bay features longer windows; the first floor has a recessed arch over the windows, and the ground floor has gauged brick arches with a band above. The churchyard facade presents two storeys, an attic, and a basement. It features a panelled parapet with a moulded cornice and pilasters to the right and left, along with a central band to the right and left. Two flat-headed dormers are present. The first-floor window range consists of three small-paned vertically sliding sashes, while the ground floor has two windows of two lights with small-paned vertically sliding sashes. Two basement windows are also present, all with segmental brick arches. A central eight-panel door, with a two-light window above and reveal panels, is approached by steps. To the north is a smaller two-storey extension and a single-storey pantiled outhouse. The extension and outhouse are also of painted brick with a red tiled roof and two red brick chimney stacks. The extension has a three-window range of 20th-century casements, and the outhouse has a two-window range. The extension features two vertically boarded doors and one half-glazed door. The main range exhibits significant 18th-century detailing.

Local climate

Greys Hall 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • Sale history — 12 transactions since 1995
  • 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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