21-31, 31A, 31B, 31C, LEXDEN ROAD (See details for further address information) is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1968. House. 1 related planning application.
21-31, 31A, 31B, 31C, LEXDEN ROAD (See details for further address information)
- WRENN ID
- empty-sill-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1968
- Type
- House
- Address
- 21-31, 31A, 31B, 31C, LEXDEN ROAD (See details for further address information), St Mary's Terrace East, CO3 3NH
- OS grid reference
- TL 987 249
- Coordinates
- 51.88787, 0.88606
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This is a terrace of eleven grey gault brick houses, numbered 21 to 31 (odd), and three additional properties at 31A, 31B, and 31C, located on Lexden Road. The terrace was built in 1837 by Henry Hammond Hayward. It is three storeys high with basements. The front features eleven double-hung sash windows with glazing bars. The ends of the terrace break forward with pediments, while the central three-window range projects with a parapet. Horizontal bands delineate the storeys. An Ionic doorcase is present. Later additions have been made to the west end of the terrace.
Local climate
21-31, 31A, 31B, 31C, LEXDEN ROAD (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.
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 2003
- 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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