Village Lock Up with Stocks and Whipping Post Attached to Doorframe, South East Corner of Churchyard of St Thomas is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 January 1953. A C18 Lock-up.

Village Lock Up with Stocks and Whipping Post Attached to Doorframe, South East Corner of Churchyard of St Thomas

WRENN ID
frozen-hinge-starling
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maldon
Constituency
Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 January 1953
Type
Lock-up
Address
Village Lock Up with Stocks and Whipping Post Attached to Doorframe, South East Corner of Churchyard of St Thomas, CM0 7PY
OS grid reference
TM 004 068
Coordinates
51.72452, 0.90102
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The village lock-up, dating from the 18th century, is located at the southeast corner of the churchyard of St. Thomas in Bradwell-on-Sea. It is constructed of red brick and features a pointed hipped roof covered with red tiles and red ridge tiles. The building has a dentilled eaves cornice. The heavy door is made of three boards and includes an iron louvre with twelve vertical slits. Attached to the left door jamb is a stocks and whipping post, which has four semi-circular wooden grooves and three matching iron grooves with a locking mechanism at the base. To the right of the door, there are five grooves without a locking device.

Local climate

Village Lock Up with Stocks and Whipping Post Attached to Doorframe, South East Corner of Churchyard of St Thomas receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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