88 and 88a, Rectory Road is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House. 1 related planning application.
88 and 88a, Rectory Road
- WRENN ID
- gilded-rubblework-hemlock
- 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
- 88 and 88a, Rectory Road, Wivenhoe, CO7 9ES
- OS grid reference
- TM 040 228
- Coordinates
- 51.86668, 0.96277
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This 18th-century building, originally known as Beehive Cottage, is a timber-framed structure clad with white weatherboard and topped with a gambrel pegtile roof. It features two red brick end chimneys. The central doorway is a six-panel design within a case topped by a vernacular pediment, with small, thin-barred sash windows on either side. A matching pair of sash windows are located on the first storey. A lean-to extension to the right is slated and has irregular casement windows. A lower, ridged extension to the rear is pantiled. A 20th-century conservatory has been added to the left side.
Local climate
88 and 88a, Rectory Road sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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 — 3 transactions since 2004
- 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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