2 and 4, King Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 June 1962. A Early Modern Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
2 and 4, King Street
- WRENN ID
- winter-gargoyle-bittern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 June 1962
- Type
- Cottage
- Period
- Early Modern
- Address
- 2 and 4, King Street, Castle Hedingham, CO9 3ER
- OS grid reference
- TL 785 355
- Coordinates
- 51.98986, 0.59863
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These cottages date from the 17th century or earlier, with later additions and alterations. They are timber-framed, with some sections faced in red brick, some with exposed timber, and others plastered. The roof is red plain tiled, featuring two flat-headed dormers with 19th-century casement windows on the right-hand side. There are three red brick chimney stacks. The building is two storeys high, although the right-hand section is one storey with attics. The first floor has five windows, including three three-light leaded casements. The ground floor has six windows, three of which are small, horizontally sliding sashes. There are two vertically boarded doors. The right-hand side of the building may connect with No. 1 St. James Street.
Local climate
2 and 4, King Street 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 — 9 transactions since 1997
- 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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