The Maltings is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Maltings
- WRENN ID
- lesser-pediment-snow
- 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
- The Maltings, Mersea Road, Abberton, CO5 7NR
- OS grid reference
- TM 006 192
- Coordinates
- 51.83557, 0.91052
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Maltings is a late 16th-century house, originally timber-framed and now plastered. It is two storeys high and has a red plain tile roof. The south gable end is weatherboarded. A gabled extension projects from the south end of the front elevation, and there is a 19th-century red and painted brick lean-to. The remainder of the front elevation features a parapet wall and a moulded string course. The front has a five-window range of 18th-century double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. The original main chimney stack is built of red brick. The entrance features an 18th-century door case with a pediment, designed for three bays plus a chimney bay. Adjoining the house is a stable range, now converted into garages, built of red brick and covered by a red pantile roof. The building is of group value, contributing significantly to the character of the area.
Local climate
The Maltings 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 — 1 transaction since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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