Pitchards is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1978. Residential building. 2 related planning applications.
Pitchards
- WRENN ID
- still-lantern-scarlet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1978
- Type
- Residential building
- Address
- Pitchards, Trinity Street, Halstead, CO9 1JH
- OS grid reference
- TL 808 305
- Coordinates
- 51.94415, 0.62979
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Pitchards is an early 19th century building constructed of plastered and painted brick. It comprises three parallel ranges with a grey slate hipped roof. The building has two storeys with double-hung sliding sash windows containing glazing bars. A good decorative Doric porch provides access. Internal detailing is characteristic of the period. A semi-octagonal conservatory is also present.
Local climate
Pitchards 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 — 4 transactions since 2012
- 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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