8, East Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 February 1959. House. 2 related planning applications.
8, East Hill
- WRENN ID
- quiet-ledge-alder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 February 1959
- Type
- House
- Address
- 8, East Hill, CO1 2QX
- OS grid reference
- TM 002 252
- Coordinates
- 51.88976, 0.90868
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century building of three storeys and attics. It is timber-framed with plastered walls and a tiled roof. The front features a parapet and a symmetrical three-window arrangement of double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. The upper storey is slightly projected. There are two doorways, accessed by a flight of steps with a handrail. The building forms a group with the Ship Public House and numbers 6 to 10.
Local climate
8, East 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2017
- 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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