29-31, West Stockwell Street is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. A C17 Timber-framed building. 2 related planning applications.
29-31, West Stockwell Street
- WRENN ID
- ancient-bastion-snow
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1950
- Type
- Timber-framed building
- Address
- 29-31, West Stockwell Street, CO1 1HR
- OS grid reference
- TL 995 254
- Coordinates
- 51.89203, 0.89849
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a timber-framed building dating to circa 1600, located on West Stockwell Street. It features three prominent gables projecting from the front, supported by elaborately shaped brackets and moulded bressumers. The upper storey also projects, similarly supported by shaped brackets. The façade has a three-window range of double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. The building is described as being particularly picturesque.
Local climate
29-31, West Stockwell Street 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 — 7 transactions since 2010
- 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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