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

17, Magdalen Street

WRENN ID
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Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1971
Type
Residential
Address
17, Magdalen Street, CO1 2LD
OS grid reference
TM 000 247
Coordinates
51.88577, 0.90575
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

17 Magdalen Street is a late 18th-century building constructed of red brick. It stands two storeys high with an attic. The ground floor features two shop sash windows with stucco architraves and a central door. Above, there are three sash windows with glazing bars and stucco surrounds. The building is topped with a tiled mansard roof.

Local climate

17, Magdalen 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2008
  • 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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