172, London Road is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House. 8 related planning applications.
172, London Road
- WRENN ID
- over-passage-sable
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 January 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- 172, London Road, Marks Tey, CO6 1EJ
- OS grid reference
- TL 912 234
- Coordinates
- 51.87652, 0.77731
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a circa 1840 house located on London Road. It is constructed of gault brick and has three bays and two storeys. The roof is hipped and slated, with two chimneys on the rear slope. The building features pilastered returns and a row of three small-paned sash windows on the first storey above a central front door. The front door has fielded panels set within a heavy stucco case, topped by a moulded entablature. Matching sash windows flank the door, all set within well-splayed, straight arches.
Local climate
172, London Road 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2019
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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