1 and 2 Cherry Gardens is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1986. House.

1 and 2 Cherry Gardens

WRENN ID
weathered-hearth-dale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 March 1986
Type
House
Address
1 and 2 Cherry Gardens, Braintree Road, Wethersfield
OS grid reference
TL 721 298
Coordinates
51.9401, 0.50266
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

1 and 2 Cherry Gardens is a house dating from the 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is timber framed and plastered, with a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The building has four bays facing southeast and features an axial stack to the left of the middle. There is a stair tower at the rear near the left end, along with a 20th-century single-storey extension beyond it. A two-storey extension from the 19th or 20th century is located at the rear of the right end, with another single-storey extension beyond that. A 20th-century tiled porch is present on the left end. The house is two storeys tall and has a three-window range of 20th-century casements. The entrance features a four-panel door, with the upper panels glazed, set in a moulded surround. Inside, there are chamfered transverse beams with lamb's tongue stops above the ground and first floors. The walls have been raised approximately 1.30 metres, and some of the original tiebeams have been reused at this higher level. The roof has clasped purlins.

Local climate

1 and 2 Cherry Gardens 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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