Fordham Place is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House.
Fordham Place
- WRENN ID
- buried-banister-rowan
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- Fordham Place, West Bergholt Lane
- OS grid reference
- TL 939 292
- Coordinates
- 51.92776, 0.81931
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Fordham Place is a 18th century facade attached to an earlier house, featuring two parallel timber-framed ranges, each topped with a ridged and gabled roof covered in peg tiles. The rear range likely dates back to the medieval period. The front range showcases a pebble-dashed exterior with a parapet above a wooden cornice adorned with dentils. A central front door is set beneath a pediment that is decorated with patera and triglyphs, supported by square fielded pilasters. On the first storey, there are three sash windows, with matching windows on either side of the door on the ground storey, all set in exposed boxes and featuring glazing bars. The chimney stacks are located only on the rear range. There is also a modern single-storey extension with a flat roof to the west.
Local climate
Fordham Place 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2020
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