Coes is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. A Tudor House. 4 related planning applications.
Coes
- WRENN ID
- lunar-forge-stoat
- 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
- Period
- Tudor
- Address
- Coes, Lower Road, Mount Bures, CO8 5BH
- OS grid reference
- TL 917 325
- Coordinates
- 51.95802, 0.78896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a 16th-century house located on Lower Road, Mount Bures. The house is timber-framed and has been infilled with panels. It is two storeys high and originally comprised two bays, with a narrower central bay containing the front door. The side girt has no external bracing. The ground floor front has two sets of sliding sash windows, each with six panes. The thatched roof is ridged and gabled, with fly hips. There are two chimney stacks at the ends of the building, the northern one being modern. The end frame features jowled posts and carved arch braces. Inside, an oak panelled door is present, featuring a fluted central muntin, along with joists having diminished-haunches.
Local climate
Coes 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 lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2001
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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