21, North Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1971. A C18 Residential. 5 related planning applications.
21, North Hill
- WRENN ID
- high-baluster-kestrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1971
- Type
- Residential
- Address
- 21, North Hill, CO1 1EG
- OS grid reference
- TL 994 254
- Coordinates
- 51.89185, 0.89646
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
21 North Hill is a small building dating from the 17th to 18th century. It has two storeys and attics, constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with tiled roofs and featuring one dormer. The front, added in the 19th century, is made of grey gault brick and includes a parapet. The building has a two-window range of double-hung sash windows with glazing bars, along with a small ground floor shop window that also has glazing bars. The entrance features a panelled door set within a pedimented doorcase, with panelled reveals. This property is part of a group that includes Nos 13 to 29, which are consecutive.
Local climate
21, North Hill 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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