Peartree Cottage is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House. 2 related planning applications.
Peartree Cottage
- WRENN ID
- high-corbel-sage
- 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
- Address
- Peartree Cottage, East Road, West Mersea, CO5 8HA
- OS grid reference
- TM 019 132
- Coordinates
- 51.7814, 0.92689
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Peartree Cottage is a house dated 1741, located on East Road, West Mersea. The two-story building is constructed of red brick in a Flemish bond pattern, distinguished by blue-glazed headers, a first-floor band, parapetted gables at both ends, and a ridged pegtiled roof. Two inset gable chimney stacks are present. The front door, located to the right of the centre, is a four-panel design with a leaded hood. Small-paned sash windows are found to the right of the door on the ground floor, beneath a straight gauged head, and centrally on the first floor, all with exposed boxes. The remaining windows are modern small-pane casements, with two on the first floor and two to the left of the door on the ground floor. Dormers with modern casements are set into the north slope. A single-story ridged extension is attached to the east side. Two plaques are affixed to the front wall, bearing the letters ‘TC’ and the date 1791.
Local climate
Peartree Cottage receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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 — 7 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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