Rear Wing of the Old Siege House is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1971. A C19 House.
Rear Wing of the Old Siege House
- WRENN ID
- proud-cinder-dawn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1971
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rear Wing of the Old Siege House, East Street
- OS grid reference
- TM 007 253
- Coordinates
- 51.89034, 0.91562
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The rear wing of the Old Siege House is an early 19th-century building located on the north side of East Street. It is constructed of painted brick and features two storeys with five windows. The lower windows are casements, while the upper ones are sashes with glazing bars. The entrance consists of panelled double doors with a plain surround, and the building is topped with a slate roof. There is a later extension with one additional window at the north end. This structure is part of a group that includes Nos 70 to 75, East Mills, and the Mill House.
Local climate
Rear Wing of the Old Siege House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 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 51% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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