55, Crouch Street is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1971. House. 1 related planning application.

55, Crouch Street

WRENN ID
graven-marble-primrose
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1971
Type
House
Address
55, Crouch Street, CO3 3EL
OS grid reference
TL 991 249
Coordinates
51.8879, 0.89323
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

No. 55 Crouch Street is a late Georgian building with an addition on the west side. It is constructed of grey gault brick and has two storeys, attics, and cellars. The roof is tiled and features two hipped gables. The front has a parapet and a modillioned cornice. On either side of the central doorcase, there are two-storey shallow bow windows, all fitted with double-hung sashes and glazing bars. The entrance includes a Doric porch with panelled reveals, a six-panel door, and a rectangular fanlight. No. 55 is part of a group with Nos. 55 to 61 (odd).

Local climate

55, Crouch Street 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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