The Howe is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1978. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Howe
- WRENN ID
- proud-bastion-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Howe, Hedingham Road, Halstead, CO9 2QJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 812 317
- Coordinates
- 51.9547, 0.63559
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Howe is an early 19th-century, attractive two-storey house built of grey gault brick with a grey slate hipped roof. The east front features a three-window arrangement of casements with stucco reveals and moulded heads supported by console brackets. The south front has a five-window range that includes both double-hung sashes and casements, with the central section of three windows set back. There is a well-designed Doric portico on the east front and a verandah on the south side. The house also has timber dentilled eaves and decorative caps on the chimneys, along with good internal detailing.
Local climate
The Howe 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- 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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