17, SIR ISAAC'S WALK (See details for further address information) is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. A C17 House. 3 related planning applications.
17, SIR ISAAC'S WALK (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- plain-trefoil-winter
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- 17, SIR ISAAC'S WALK (See details for further address information), 58-62, Head Street, CO1 1PB
- OS grid reference
- TL 994 250
- Coordinates
- 51.88799, 0.89668
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
No. 17 Sir Isaac's Walk is a large house built in the late 17th century, featuring a medieval cellar and an 18th-century front. It is also known as Headgate House or Rebow's House, named after the Rebow family, who were among the wealthiest and most significant in the town during the 17th and 18th centuries. Sir Isaac Rebow is reputed to have entertained William III in this house.
The building has two storeys and attics, with two hipped dormers at the rear. It is timber-framed and plastered, with tiled roofs and a half H-shaped plan that includes wings extending east at the back. These wings feature a coved eaves cornice made of plaster and roofs that are hipped at the east end. The front façade is plastered and has a parapet, with a five-window range that includes a central oriel window on the first floor. The windows are double-hung sashes with glazing bars, and the oriel is topped with a modillioned cornice. The ground floor accommodates shops and offices. Inside, there are some late 17th-century features.
Nos. 44 to 62 (even) are part of a group with No. 17 Sir Isaac's Walk.
Local climate
17, SIR ISAAC'S WALK (See details for further address information) 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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