The Poplars is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
The Poplars
- WRENN ID
- wild-cobalt-ebony
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 January 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Poplars, the Salings, CM7 5EG
- OS grid reference
- TL 689 273
- Coordinates
- 51.91867, 0.4547
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Poplars is a house that was formerly a public house, dating from the 16th or 17th century or possibly earlier, with later alterations and additions. It is constructed with a timber frame and rough render, featuring a red brick plinth and a rear extension. The building has red plain tiled roofs that are half hipped on the north and west sides, and it is designed in an L-shape. A central red brick chimney stack is located on the left side of the forward range. The house has two storeys and a 2:2 window arrangement of 20th-century three-light small paned casements. Inside, some 16th or 17th-century studding is exposed, and there are stop-chamfered bridging joists throughout.
Local climate
The Poplars 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2022
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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