Old Gables is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House. 2 related planning applications.
Old Gables
- WRENN ID
- night-lantern-hawthorn
- 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
- Old Gables, Middle Green, Wakes Colne, CO6 2BJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 890 303
- Coordinates
- 51.93934, 0.74956
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Old Gables is a 17th-century house located in Wakes Colne. It is timber framed and plastered, consisting of three bays and one storey with attics. There is a crosswing at the south end of the building. The existing windows are modern leaded casements. The roof is ridged and gabled, thatched, and features a red brick chimney stack at the angle of the T-plan. The heavy oak frame is visible on the gable of the crosswing. Additionally, there is a pantiled extension at the rear of the crosswing.
Local climate
Old Gables sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 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 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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