47, North Hill is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. House. 1 related planning application.
47, North Hill
- WRENN ID
- brooding-corridor-bistre
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- 47, North Hill, CO1 1PY
- OS grid reference
- TL 993 253
- Coordinates
- 51.89137, 0.89604
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century building situated on North Hill, with a rear wing dating to the 17th century. The front facade is plastered and two storeys high, topped by a coping. It features a two-window range of double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. A large bay window projects from the ground floor, and the doorway is framed by a doorcase with a flat cornice head resting on plain pilasters. The rear wing retains some original mullioned windows. The building is part of a group with numbers 45 and 49 North Hill.
Local climate
47, 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.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2007
- 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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