Wenlocks is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Residential.

Wenlocks

WRENN ID
gentle-chancel-foxglove
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
Residential
Address
Wenlocks, Chapel Road, Boxted
OS grid reference
TM 005 314
Coordinates
51.94524, 0.91681
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Wenlocks is a 16th century timber-framed building, covered in black weatherboarding, featuring a thatched roof with ridge, hip, and gable elements. It has a single-storey addition at the northeast and a large dormer with a gable facing northwest, which contains a casement window. The ground storey has a range of three sliding-sash windows and a centrally located door. The original structure consists of two bays with an intruded first floor supported on clamps and one internal partition wall. The floor joists date from around 1600 and have diminished haunches with deep sections, while the bridging joists are stop-chamfered. The building also features a bladed scarf joint.

Local climate

Wenlocks 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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