Headgate Court is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. A C17 Assembly room.
Headgate Court
- WRENN ID
- roaming-wattle-plum
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1950
- Type
- Assembly room
- Address
- Headgate Court, 3, Head Street
- OS grid reference
- TL 993 250
- Coordinates
- 51.88828, 0.89561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Headgate Court, formerly the Assembly Room of the King's Head Inn, is a building dating from the 16th to 17th century. It is set back from the street in a courtyard and features two storeys, attics, and cellars. The structure is timber-framed and plastered, with tiled roofs. The front, dating from the late 17th century, has a six-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars, with original glazing in the upper storey. There is a central wooden doorcase with a flat head and fluted pilasters, along with a rectangular fanlight. The base of the chimney stack at the north end is original. A wing on the north side of the courtyard is of the same date. Inside, there are some original ceiling beams and panelling.
Local climate
Headgate Court 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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