Numbers 2, 3 and 4 Church Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. Cottages.

Numbers 2, 3 and 4 Church Cottages

WRENN ID
inner-sill-azure
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
27 January 1982
Type
Cottages
Address
Numbers 2, 3 and 4 Church Cottages, Birch Street
OS grid reference
TL 943 200
Coordinates
51.84482, 0.81963
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Numbers 2, 3, and 4 Church Cottages are a terrace of five cottages dating from the 18th century. They are constructed of red brick and feature a red plain tile gambrel roof. The cottages are one storey high with attics and have a six-window range, with casement windows that include glazing bars. There are three gabled dormers and gabled porches covered with plain tiles, supported on timber posts. The original red brick chimney stacks include one at each end and three at the rear.

Local climate

Numbers 2, 3 and 4 Church Cottages sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 17 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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