5 and 7, The Close is a Grade II listed building in the Castle Point local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 January 1980. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
5 and 7, The Close
- WRENN ID
- ghost-marble-cobweb
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Castle Point
- Constituency
- Castle Point MP: Rebecca Harris (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 January 1980
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- 5 and 7, The Close, SS7 1NB
- OS grid reference
- TQ 777 860
- Coordinates
- 51.54492, 0.56247
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a pair of early 19th-century cottages located in The Close, South Benfleet. They are timber-framed and clad in weatherboarding, with a hipped roof covered in grey slate. A central chimney stack is constructed of red brick. The cottages have two storeys and a two-window range of sash windows with glazing bars, visible on both the west (facing The Close) and south elevations. The south face features 20th-century panelled doors with pentice boards above, one to the right and one to the left. A two-storey extension, built of matching materials, adjoins the north face, with a single window range and a 20th-century door.
Local climate
5 and 7, The Close receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 2000
- 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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