Boathouse at Copford Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Boathouse.

Boathouse at Copford Hall

WRENN ID
dark-eave-cobweb
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
Boathouse
OS grid reference
TL 935 228
Coordinates
51.87038, 0.8097
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The boathouse at Copford Hall is a mid to late 18th century summerhouse located on the edge of a lake. It features a pediment gabled roof and a Venetian window that opens onto a balcony above a tunnel boathouse. This structure is contemporary with the landscaping designed by Richard Woods.

Local climate

Boathouse at Copford 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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