61 and 62, Hythe Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. House.
61 and 62, Hythe Hill
- WRENN ID
- idle-barrel-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1950
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- TM 012 246
- Coordinates
- 51.88441, 0.92278
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nos 61 and 62 on Hythe Hill are 18th century buildings featuring a plastered brick front with a parapet and a wooden cornice adorned with modillions. The structure is two storeys high, topped with tiled roofs and three small hipped gables on the front. The façade includes a three-window range of three-light double hung sash windows with glazing bars, and a notable Venetian window on the upper storey, which is flanked by fluted pilasters and supported by four small brackets. The central entrance is framed by a wooden doorcase that has a modillioned pediment and decorated pilasters.
Local climate
61 and 62, Hythe Hill 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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