The Cross Keys is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
The Cross Keys
- WRENN ID
- gilded-jamb-torch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1967
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Cross Keys, the Street, White Notley, CM8 1RQ
- OS grid reference
- TL 785 183
- Coordinates
- 51.83557, 0.59012
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Cross Keys is a public house that dates back to the 16th or 17th century, with later alterations and additions, including a red brick facing. The building features a timber frame with painted brick facing and a central band. It has a two-level roof covered with red plain tiles and is topped with restored red brick chimney stacks on the left and in the center. The structure is two storeys high and has a four-window range of small paned casements. There are double segmental arches above the two ground floor windows on the left. To the left, there is a gabled porch with a red tiled roof, supported by timber, which has two lights leading to a boarded door. To the right, there is a boarded door with a top light and two side lights, covered by a flat canopy.
Local climate
The Cross Keys 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
- 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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