Sleyes 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.
Sleyes
- WRENN ID
- inner-flue-poplar
- 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
- Sleyes, Church Road, Peldon, CO5 7PT
- OS grid reference
- TL 989 167
- Coordinates
- 51.81357, 0.88475
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sleyes is a mid-18th century timber-framed house featuring a red brick facade and a red plain tile hipped roof. The building stands two storeys high and has a two-window range with 18th-century double-hung vertical sliding sashes that include glazing bars, set within gauged arches. Notable architectural details include a dentilled eaves course and a stucco string. A modern porch has been added to the entrance. The south front displays a 19th-century brick facade with modern casement windows. Additionally, there is a rear wing that is also timber framed, along with gabled and lean-to extensions at the back.
Local climate
Sleyes sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 17 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2000
- 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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