Honeysuckle Cottage 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.
Honeysuckle Cottage
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-rood-martin
- 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
- Honeysuckle Cottage, 45, the Lane, West Mersea, CO5 8NR
- OS grid reference
- TM 004 131
- Coordinates
- 51.78111, 0.90396
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Honeysuckle Cottage is a 17th-century house located on The Lane in West Mersea. It features a double range with parallel ridge and gable roofs, which are covered with peg tiles and have eaves. The building has two storeys in both ranges. The front facing the lane has a plain door positioned to the right of the center, which is topped with a hood supported by consoles. To the left of the door, there are two small-paned sash windows, while to the right, there is a pair of modern casement windows. On the first storey, there is a row of three windows that match those on the ground storey.
Local climate
Honeysuckle Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 6 transactions since 1997
- 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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