Baptist Church is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1968. Church. 1 related planning application.
Baptist Church
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-remnant-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1968
- Type
- Church
- Address
- Baptist Church, Eld Lane, CO1 1LS
- OS grid reference
- TL 997 250
- Coordinates
- 51.88827, 0.90119
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Baptist Church, built in 1834, is located on Eld Lane. The front facade features gault brick and stucco, with a central three-bay section that has strip pilasters and a pediment on the upper storey, flanked by blind panels. There are three dormer windows with brackets that support cornices and a central pediment. The flank walls are made of red brick, also with strip pilasters. The lower windows have segmental arches, while the upper ones are round-arched. The church has a slated roof with eaves and a contemporary galleried interior.
Local climate
Baptist Church 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- 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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