Royal British Legion Club is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 August 1995. Club. 3 related planning applications.
Royal British Legion Club
- WRENN ID
- steep-spire-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 August 1995
- Type
- Club
- Address
- Royal British Legion Club, the Causeway, Halstead, CO9 1ET
- OS grid reference
- TL 812 304
- Coordinates
- 51.94265, 0.63568
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal British Legion Club, originally a working men's club, was established in 1883. It was designed by George Sherrin for the workers of Samuel Courtauld's Townsford Mill. The building is in the Queen Anne style and constructed from red brick in Flemish bond, featuring a hipped tiled roof with a bellcote at the base and a shingled spire topped with a metal finial.
This single-storey structure has a front elevation that includes a projecting curved pediment with a datestone from 1883 and the letters SC&Co. Beneath this, there are two tall sash windows with horns and ovolo moulding, which are set under a shared apron. A moulded brick ovolo cornice and four swag panels adorn the front. To the left, there is a doorcase with brick pilasters, an entablature, and an arched opening that features a keystone and tympanum, decorated with carved roses and a central shield displaying SC&Co. The entrance consists of double doors.
The side elevation is also single-storey and has three cambered sash windows with aprons, separated by pilasters. There is a later one-storey extension at the rear that matches the original style.
Local climate
Royal British Legion Club 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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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