Layer Mill House is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House. 2 related planning applications.

Layer Mill House

WRENN ID
grim-rafter-sunrise
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
House
Address
Layer Mill House, Mill Lane, Layer-De-La-Haye, CO2 0JZ
OS grid reference
TL 980 206
Coordinates
51.84906, 0.87431
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Layer Mill House is a late 18th-century house that has extensive 19th-century extensions. The building features a timber frame and brick that is all plastered, topped with red plain tile roofs. It stands two storeys high, with the east front displaying a three-bay, two-window arrangement of 19th-century casement windows alongside late 18th-century double-hung vertical sliding sashes that include glazing bars. A modern porch has been added to the entrance.

Local climate

Layer Mill House 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 — 1 transaction since 2017
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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