Floral Dene is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House. 1 related planning application.
Floral Dene
- WRENN ID
- far-rubblework-winter
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- Floral Dene, Park Lane, Langham, CO4 5NN
- OS grid reference
- TM 016 313
- Coordinates
- 51.94368, 0.93279
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Floral Dene is a 17th-century house, originally timber-framed and plastered, situated in Langham Park Lane. The house consists of three bays and two storeys, forming an L-plan thanks to later additions. The roof is ridged and gabled, covered with thatch, and includes a single-bay rear lean-to at the northwest. Two brick chimneys are present – one near the return and one flanking the end gable. An eyebrow dormer is also visible. The central entrance is housed within a 14th-century door frame, with sash windows on either side. The first floor exhibits clamps, bladed scarfs, a forelock bolted, and a reversed assembly at the two central tie-beams.
Local climate
Floral Dene 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 2017
- 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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