South Lodge to Birch Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Lodge cottage.
South Lodge to Birch Hall
- WRENN ID
- calm-gravel-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- Lodge cottage
- Address
- South Lodge to Birch Hall, Birch Park
- OS grid reference
- TL 950 208
- Coordinates
- 51.85206, 0.82999
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
South Lodge to Birch Hall is a mid-19th century lodge cottage constructed from grey gault brick and topped with a grey slate roof. Originally designed in a cruciform shape, it now features a modern extension at the rear. The building is a single storey and has double hung vertical sliding sashes with glazing in the margins. The central chimney stack has been rebuilt, and there is an Ionic portico supported by columns and featuring a pediment.
Local climate
South Lodge to Birch Hall sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 650 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 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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