Whitbreds is a Grade II listed building in the Rochford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1986. House. 3 related planning applications.

Whitbreds

WRENN ID
knotted-sandstone-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Rochford
Constituency
Rayleigh and Wickford MP: Mr Mark Francois (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 October 1986
Type
House
Address
Whitbreds, Bullwood Hall Lane, Hockley, SS5 4TB
OS grid reference
TQ 822 920
Coordinates
51.59742, 0.62953
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

House, dating from the 17th century or earlier, with alterations in the 18th, 19th, and early 20th centuries. The house is mainly timber framed, with rough rendering on some parts and plaster to the ground floor, along with batten decoration on the first floor. Later additions are of brick, also rendered to match the original fabric. The roof is covered in red plain tiles, and there are two brick chimney stacks.

The original part of the house is two storeys high and juts out on the left side (facing the road), with batten decoration on the gable. A two-storey projecting gable, constructed in the 19th century, sits off-centre to the right. This section features moulded timber bressumers and a jetty, partially enclosed by a glazed porch to the right, with turned balusters and upper arches to the jetty on the left. A two-panel, two-light door is set within the jetty. To the left and right of this gable are set-back extensions, with the right-hand one also jutting out. A further gable extension is located at the rear.

The first floor has a window arrangement of 2:2:1:1:1, featuring a mix of 19th and early 20th century casements and vertically sliding sash windows. The ground floor mirrors this with a window arrangement of 3:2:1:1:1, with similar windows. The road-facing side has a 19th-century three-light casement with a transom window on the first floor, and casements with segmental heads on the ground floor.

Inside the original part of the house, side girts, storey posts, and top plates are still visible, along with a large chimney stack to the right, which now has good 19th-century moulded fire surrounds. There are many 18th-century six-panel doors with moulded surrounds, boxed-in bridging joists, and an alcove cupboard.

The North and South Lodges, and the barn (listed separately), were originally part of the Whitbreds estate.

Local climate

Whitbreds receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 3 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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