Orangery Attached to Rear of Braxted Park House is a Grade II listed building in the Maldon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1985. Orangery.

Orangery Attached to Rear of Braxted Park House

WRENN ID
veiled-corbel-yew
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Maldon
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 August 1985
Type
Orangery
Address
Orangery Attached to Rear of Braxted Park House, CM8 3EN
OS grid reference
TL 855 153
Coordinates
51.80599, 0.68953
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The orangery attached to the rear of Braxted Park House is a 18th-century structure now used as a swimming pool. It is built of red brick and features a hipped glazed roof. The building is single storey with a parapet that has a moulded stone cornice. There are four long round-headed windows with vertically sliding sashes that include glazing bars, along with central matching glazed double doors. Inside, the orangery has trellised panels, which were painted by G. Davis in 1971.

Local climate

Orangery Attached to Rear of Braxted Park House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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