Millhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1971. A C19 House.

Millhouse

WRENN ID
vacant-gateway-curlew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1971
Type
House
Address
Millhouse, Spring Lane
OS grid reference
TL 971 256
Coordinates
51.89419, 0.86394
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Millhouse is an early to mid 19th-century building constructed of grey gault brick. It stands two storeys high and features three windows with sash frames and glazing bars on the upper floor. The central entrance has a panelled door with a traceried fanlight above it. The roof is hipped and covered with slate.

Local climate

Millhouse 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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