Three Crowns is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. A C16 Inn. 1 related planning application.
Three Crowns
- WRENN ID
- noble-wattle-dock
- 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
- Inn
- Address
- Three Crowns, High Street, East Donyland, CO5 7HG
- OS grid reference
- TM 030 218
- Coordinates
- 51.85783, 0.94777
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Three Crowns is a former inn located on High Street in East Donyland. It dates back to the 16th century or earlier and features a crosswing that is timber framed and plastered, with a gable facing the street. The building was originally jettied but is now underbuilt in red brick. The ground floor has a range of two modern casement windows, while the upper floor features a single window range with double hung vertical sliding sashes that include glazing bars. There is a single-storey wing to the south that has a gabled dormer. Additionally, there is a two-storey extension from the 18th century, which is also timber framed and plastered, featuring a central door and a red brick chimney stack at one end. This extension has a range of two double hung vertical sliding sash windows. The roofs are covered with red plain tiles and grey slates.
Local climate
Three Crowns 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1998
- 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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