2, Castle Lane is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 October 1984. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
2, Castle Lane
- WRENN ID
- upper-hinge-stoat
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 October 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 2, Castle Lane, Castle Hedingham, C09 3DL
- OS grid reference
- TL 786 357
- Coordinates
- 51.99103, 0.59991
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a cottage, likely dating from the 17th century or earlier, with later additions and alterations. It is timber-framed and has been covered with parget plaster, with a portion of the structure projecting to the left. The roof is thatched, and a central chimney stack is built of red brick. The cottage has one storey and an attic. There are five leaded casement windows. The central entrance is a vertically boarded door, protected by an open gabled porch clad with red tiles, supported on timber posts with brackets.
Local climate
2, Castle Lane 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2004
- 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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