187, Lexden Road is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1971. A C17 House.

187, Lexden Road

WRENN ID
rooted-cinder-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1971
Type
House
OS grid reference
TL 972 252
Coordinates
51.89047, 0.86457
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 187 on Lexden Road is a building with origins dating back to the 17th century, although it has been significantly restored. It stands two storeys tall with attics, featuring a timber-framed structure that is plastered, and has tiled roofs. The building has a gable at the west end of the front, and the upper storey projects outward. Modern diamond lattice casement windows have been installed.

Local climate

187, Lexden Road 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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