The Bays is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 June 1978. House.
The Bays
- WRENN ID
- hidden-pinnacle-thrush
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Maldon
- Constituency
- Maldon MP: Sir John Whittingdale (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 June 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Bays, 7, Kings Road, Southminster
- OS grid reference
- TQ 955 996
- Coordinates
- 51.66202, 0.82615
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Bays is a house located on Kings Road in Southminster, dating from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations and additions from the 18th century and later. It features a timber frame with painted brick facing and a central band, topped by a red plain tiled roof. The house has two storeys and is designed with a three-window range of small paned vertically sliding sashes, which have segmental heads on the ground floor. The central entrance consists of a two-panel, two-light door with reveal panels, bases, and capitals to pilasters, a frieze, and a moulded flat canopy. There is a 19th-century trellised iron porch with an ogee arch, ridge, and finial. The property also includes two rear wings, with the north wing originating from the 17th century.
Local climate
The Bays 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 72% 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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