Peacocks is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 January 1982. A C15 House. 3 related planning applications.
Peacocks
- WRENN ID
- hushed-steeple-azure
- 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
- Peacocks, Colchester Road, Mount Bures, CO8 5BH
- OS grid reference
- TL 916 325
- Coordinates
- 51.95797, 0.78848
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Peacocks is a small 15th-century house of one and a half storeys, constructed with a timber frame and pargetted (ornamental plasterwork) exterior. It features three sets of sliding sash windows. A central front door is located on the north elevation. The roof is thatched and gabled, with a red Tudor brick chimney stack positioned just to the east of the centre, featuring pilasters. Inside, the hall contains a heavy arch brace and a tie beam with a rebate for the north hall window.
Local climate
Peacocks 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 lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 2 transactions since 1998
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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