Welches is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 July 1986. House. 1 related planning application.
Welches
- WRENN ID
- turning-spindle-autumn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Tendring
- Constituency
- Clacton MP: Nigel Farage (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 July 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- Welches, Frowick Lane, St. Osyth, CO16 9BS
- OS grid reference
- TM 138 185
- Coordinates
- 51.82426, 1.10157
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Welches is a house dating from the early 18th century, featuring an earlier rear wing. It is constructed of red brick and has a red plain tiled roof. The building has two storeys and attics, with red brick chimney stacks on both the right and left sides. Notable architectural details include a dentilled eaves cornice, a central band, and a skylight in the attic. The front has a three-window range of small paned vertically sliding sashes set under segmental arches, with tie plates between the windows. The gutter is supported by ornate metal brackets. The central entrance features a panelled door, fluted surround, a patera on the frieze, and a flat canopy above.
Local climate
Welches 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 75% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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