Valley House is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 June 1952. A C16 House. 1 related planning application.
Valley House
- WRENN ID
- waiting-copper-rook
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 June 1952
- Type
- House
- Address
- Valley House, Water Lane, Langham, CO4 5TE
- OS grid reference
- TM 019 342
- Coordinates
- 51.97038, 0.93928
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Valley House is a 16th-century house, with significant alterations and additions dating to the 17th century. The house is timber-framed and plastered, extending over two storeys with attics. It has a ridged roof covered in peg tiles. A timber porch, dating from the 17th century, is situated on the south front. A brick stair wing projects to the north of the main house, containing a dog-leg staircase notable for its carved newels and turned balusters, considered among the finest examples of their kind. The stair tower features casement windows, now renewed, and are set beneath moulded labels. There are three red brick chimney stacks, distinguished by their octagonal shafts. The front of the house has windows arranged in sets of three, each window comprised of casements with two mullions and one transom. Inside, the house features carved oak ceiling cornices.
Local climate
Valley House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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 2004
- 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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