The Scheregate is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. Historic gateway. 2 related planning applications.
The Scheregate
- WRENN ID
- turning-hammer-lark
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1950
- Type
- Historic gateway
- Address
- The Scheregate, CO2 7DB
- OS grid reference
- TL 996 250
- Coordinates
- 51.88792, 0.89938
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Scheregate is the surviving medieval gateway within the town wall. It now incorporates a 17th-century house built into the wall, with the remainder of the house forming Nos 6a and 6b, Sir Isaac’s Walk. A wide entry with a flight of steps leads through the house, accessed from a broad passageway rising from St John's Street. Houses numbered 1 to 4 are closely built alongside the structure above the entry, and No 1 Eld Lane defines the east side of the entry. The building is timber-framed and plastered, with a brick plinth flanking the steps. The upper storey projects on the north side, and the tiled roof is hipped. Timber framing is visible in the roof of the entry. The Scheregate is part of a group that includes No 1 Eld Lane, The Purple Dog, 42 Eld Lane, and Nos 1 to 4 (consec).
Local climate
The Scheregate 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 — 2 transactions since 2015
- 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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