Nutshell is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 July 1972. A C17 House. 1 related planning application.
Nutshell
- WRENN ID
- noble-floor-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 July 1972
- Type
- House
- Address
- Nutshell, the Lane, West Mersea, CO5 8NU
- OS grid reference
- TM 001 130
- Coordinates
- 51.78069, 0.90025
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Nutshell is a 17th-century timber-framed building of one bay and one storey with an attic. It has weatherboard cladding, a gambrel roof covered with peg tiles, and a chimney on the rear slope facing south. The building features a plain door on the ground storey and a pair of small-paned sash windows. A flat dormer window is located on the north side.
Local climate
Nutshell receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 2 transactions since 2010
- 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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