Threshers is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 April 1965. House. 2 related planning applications.

Threshers

WRENN ID
sheer-niche-sable
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 April 1965
Type
House
Address
Threshers, Ford Street, Aldham, CO6 3PH
OS grid reference
TL 920 269
Coordinates
51.90828, 0.79043
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Threshers is an early 16th-century house originally framed in timber, now rough cast with marked external panels. The central front door features a heavy wooden case and a pediment supported by consoles. There is a range of three sash windows on both storeys, with a blind semi-circular fanlight above the pediment. The roof is ridged, hipped, and covered with peg tiles, topped by a pilastered red brick chimney stack located near the center of the ridge. The eaves and troughing are also present.

Inside, the chimney stack and first floor of the hall are later 16th-century additions, and the floor joists have haunched tenons. The original plan was in a T shape, with a cross-wing at the north end. The south cross-wing was added during the later 16th century. The roof of the original cross-wing retains an octagonal crown post, while the hall's roof was rebuilt in the 17th century, and the south wing features an Elizabethan braced side-purlin roof.

Local climate

Threshers 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 2006
  • 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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