39 and 40, Maidenburgh Street is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. House. 4 related planning applications.
39 and 40, Maidenburgh Street
- WRENN ID
- peeling-brick-thyme
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- 39 and 40, Maidenburgh Street, CO1 1UB
- OS grid reference
- TL 997 255
- Coordinates
- 51.89257, 0.90165
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is an 18th-century house located on Maidenburgh Street. It is a small, two-story building with an attic and cellars, topped with a tiled roof. The front facade is constructed of red and blue brick, featuring a molded wood eaves cornice. It originally had a three-window arrangement, though the central window is now blocked. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, each framed by a segmental brick head. A Roman cloaca is present in the cellar. Modern glass doors have been added.
Local climate
39 and 40, Maidenburgh 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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