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

Mill House

WRENN ID
calm-threshold-moss
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
House
Address
Mill House, Mill Lane, Birch
OS grid reference
TL 942 190
Coordinates
51.83606, 0.81752
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Mill House is a 17th century house that has been extensively altered in the early 18th century and early 19th century. It was probably originally three bays with a chimney bay. The building is timber framed and clad in red brick, topped with a red plain tile roof. It has two storeys and features a four-window range of 19th century double hung vertical sliding sashes set in 18th century exposed frames. At the east end, there is a two-storey 19th century extension that is set back, which includes a single window range of double hung vertical sliding sash plus one circular light at the first floor level. All sashes are set in gauged arches. The main house has dentilled eaves and red and grey brick chimney stacks. Additionally, there is a late 19th or early 20th century single storey extension at the east end.

Local climate

Mill House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 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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