The Haywain is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. House. 1 related planning application.
The Haywain
- WRENN ID
- lesser-facade-lichen
- 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
- The Haywain, Mill Lane, Dedham, CO7 6DH
- OS grid reference
- TM 057 332
- Coordinates
- 51.96006, 0.99323
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Haywain is a 17th century or earlier house located on the west side of Dedham Mill Lane. It features a long, one-storey range with attics, showcasing exposed timber framing. The roof is ridged, gabled, and thatched, and includes three eyebrowed dormers along with two modern red brick chimney stacks. The existing windows are modern leaded casements arranged in a range of six, and there is a modern door replacing the original number three.
Local climate
The Haywain sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% 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 — 3 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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