The Siege House is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1959. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Siege House
- WRENN ID
- swift-sill-hawthorn
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1959
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Siege House, 73-75, East Street, CO1 2TS
- OS grid reference
- TM 007 253
- Coordinates
- 51.89027, 0.91577
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Siege House is a good example of an early 16th century timber-framed building, notable for its outstanding timber work. It was extensively restored in 1905 after being acquired in 1902 by E Marriage & Son Ltd, who owned the adjacent mill property. During the restoration, the external plaster was removed, revealing numerous bullet holes in the timbers on the west side and south front, remnants from the Siege of Colchester in 1648. The house has an L-shaped plan, with the upper storey projecting on the west side and south front, featuring a heavy diagonal carved corner post. The eastern part of the moulded bressumer is original, and this section includes an original window with diamond-shaped mullions. On the west side, there is an original shaft with a moulded capital that supports a curved bracket. Inside, the house retains several original features, including moulded ceiling beams, panelling, and remnants of the original roof construction. Nos 70 to 75 form a group with East Mills and the Mill House.
Local climate
The 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2010
- 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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