Abbeygate House is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 January 1969. Building. 1 related planning application.
Abbeygate House
- WRENN ID
- scarred-sentry-pigeon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 January 1969
- Type
- Building
- Address
- Abbeygate House, Abbeygate Street, CO2 7HA
- OS grid reference
- TL 996 248
- Coordinates
- 51.88642, 0.89972
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Abbeygate House is a building with probable origins prior to the 18th century, incorporating features from the 18th and 19th centuries, and subject to later alterations and additions. The west and south sides present a facade of grey gault brick with a parapet. The house extends over two storeys and has attics, featuring a double-span tiled roof. The north and south-west front show pilaster detailing. There are three windows across the front, each a double-hung sash window with glazing bars. A Tuscan porch is also present. The building was first listed on January 23, 1969.
Local climate
Abbeygate 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 2007
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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