The Compasses is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1965. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Compasses
- WRENN ID
- crooked-groin-rush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 April 1965
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Compasses, High Street, Dedham, CO7 6HA
- OS grid reference
- TM 056 331
- Coordinates
- 51.95864, 0.99146
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Compasses is a 16th-century timber-frame building, originally plastered and with a ridged and gabled peg-tiled roof. A 17th-century addition was later built at the rear. The front of the building presents two storeys to the street, with a distinctive semi-hexagonal bay window featuring small-paned sash windows. A red brick chimney stack is visible, featuring tabled offsets.
Local climate
The Compasses sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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 1996
- 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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