Employment Exchange is a Grade II* listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1971. A C17 Building. 2 related planning applications.

Employment Exchange

WRENN ID
grim-paling-summer
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Colchester
Constituency
Colchester MP: Pam Cox (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 December 1971
Type
Building
Address
Employment Exchange, East Stockwell Street, CO1 1SS
OS grid reference
TL 996 253
Coordinates
51.89067, 0.89995
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

The Employment Exchange, formerly known as Stockwell House, is a good 17th-century building with a fine early 18th-century red brick front. It has two storeys and attics, as well as cellars, and is constructed with timber framing and plaster, topped with tiled roofs. The front features a brick eaves cornice and a six-window range of double-hung sashes with glazing bars in cased frames, all set beneath flat rubbed brick arches. There is a decorative band, and the central doorcase is adorned with a pediment head, scroll brackets, a shouldered architrave, and a six-panel door. On the north side, there is an oriel bay upper window with a Venetian attic window above. Inside, the building retains 17th-century features, including a staircase and ceiling beams.

Local climate

Employment Exchange 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2007
  • 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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