The Old Half Moon is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1973. House.
The Old Half Moon
- WRENN ID
- plain-gable-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Old Half Moon, 22, Queen Street, Sible Hedingham
- OS grid reference
- TL 786 329
- Coordinates
- 51.96644, 0.59883
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Half Moon is a house that dates back to the 16th century or possibly earlier, with later alterations, additions, and restorations from the 20th century. It features a timber frame that is parget plastered, with red plain tiled roofs and three red brick chimney stacks. The building has projecting gabled crosswings on both the right and left sides, with the left crosswing jettied. It stands two storeys high and has a window arrangement of three sections, each containing small paned vertically sliding sashes with horns. There are remains of a mullion window on the right return. The entrance features a four-panelled door with two lights and a pentice board above it.
Local climate
The Old Half Moon 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2021
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