Cooks Hall is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. A Medieval House. 2 related planning applications.

Cooks Hall

WRENN ID
strange-flagstone-sepia
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
Medieval
Address
Cooks Hall, Cooks Hall Road, West Bergholt, CO6 3EY
OS grid reference
TL 950 273
Coordinates
51.91067, 0.83372
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cooks Hall is a medieval house with additions from the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries, built in a much-extended L-plan. The north elevation features three bays and two storeys, showcasing an exposed timber frame. At the rear, there is a long range with a peg-tiled roof that is gabled to the east and hipped at the return on the west. The L-plan structure includes two builds with a broken ridge-line. The east face displays heavy timber framing, while the ground storey is plastered. A central chimney stack is positioned in the second build. The building has side-girts and primary bracing. The central front door on the ground storey consists of six fielded panels set in an eared case that is dentilled and hooded. The windows are modern.

Local climate

Cooks Hall 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 — 7 transactions since 2001
  • 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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