The Albert Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1971. Art gallery. 9 related planning applications.
The Albert Hall
- WRENN ID
- slow-chalk-grain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1971
- Type
- Art gallery
- Address
- The Albert Hall, High Street, CO1 1JW
- OS grid reference
- TL 994 252
- Coordinates
- 51.88992, 0.89717
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Albert Hall, built in 1845 by Raphael Brandon, originally served as a Corn Exchange. It underwent significant reconstruction in 1925-1926 when it was adapted into an Art Gallery. The building features a portico entrance supported by two Ionic columns, a stucco ground floor, and arched doorways. The Albert Hall, along with Nos 156 to 158, forms a cohesive group of buildings.
Local climate
The Albert Hall 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 — 5 transactions since 2018
- Related listed building consents — 9 applications
- 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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