Ivy Chimneys is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1973. A C16-C17 House. 1 related planning application.
Ivy Chimneys
- WRENN ID
- gilded-cloister-vale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 February 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- Ivy Chimneys, Hatfield Road, Witham, CM8 1EN
- OS grid reference
- TL 813 136
- Coordinates
- 51.79183, 0.62795
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Ivy Chimneys is a 16th to 17th century timber-framed and plastered house that has undergone alterations and additions in the 18th and 19th centuries, with renovations in the 20th century. It is now part of Bridge Hospital. The building features wings that extend to the north-east and north-west. The north-west wing is constructed of painted brick. Both the north-east and south-east fronts have double gables with shaped 19th century bargeboards. The house is two storeys tall. The south-west front has a window arrangement of three over three, while the south-east front has three over one, and the north-east front has three windows, all of which are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, although some are casements. The south-west front includes a six-panel door with the upper panels glazed, flanked by pilasters and topped with a semi-circular headed fanlight, which is blocked. The roofs are tiled, and there is a rebuilt base of a 16th century chimney stack.
Local climate
Ivy Chimneys 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% 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 2016
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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