Five Houses is a Grade II listed building in the Chelmsford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 June 1975. House.

Five Houses

WRENN ID
north-crypt-grain
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Chelmsford
Constituency
Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
19 June 1975
Type
House
Address
Five Houses, 6 Common Lane, Stock, CM4 9LP
OS grid reference
TQ 693 988
Coordinates
51.66271, 0.44728
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Five Houses is a range of 18th century red brick cottages located on Common Lane in Stock. The building is one storey high with attics and features casement windows from the 20th century. The roof is tiled and has a mansard design, complete with five gabled dormers.

Local climate

Five Houses 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 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 67% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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