40, Bank Street is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 November 1973. House. 3 related planning applications.
40, Bank Street
- WRENN ID
- dim-mortar-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 November 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- 40, Bank Street, CM7 7UR
- OS grid reference
- TL 756 231
- Coordinates
- 51.87893, 0.55117
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No 40 Bank Street is a 17th century timber-framed and plastered house featuring double jettied upper storeys. The building stands three storeys high and has a two-window range. The second storey has double-hung sash windows with margin glazing bars, while the first storey features 20th century casements. The jetty on the second storey is adorned with a moulded cornice. The ground storey includes a 20th century shop that extends to the north side. The roof is tiled. No 40 is part of a group with Nos 31, 33, 37, and 39 on the west side.
Local climate
40, Bank Street sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% 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 — 1 transaction since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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