39 and 40, East Street is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. House.
39 and 40, East Street
- WRENN ID
- outer-moat-holly
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1950
- Type
- House
- OS grid reference
- TM 009 253
- Coordinates
- 51.89025, 0.91813
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
39 and 40 East Street are two buildings with origins dating back to the 15th century, featuring a cross wing at the west end. They are two storeys tall, constructed with timber framing and plaster, and have tiled roofs. The buildings also have cellars. The upper storey projects over the front, with remnants of brackets visible. The windows date from the 18th and 19th centuries, with most being sash windows and one being a casement. These buildings, along with Nos 29, 30, and 32 to 41, form a cohesive group.
Local climate
39 and 40, East Street 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2011
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