Brown Owl House is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 April 1987. House. 2 related planning applications.

Brown Owl House

WRENN ID
iron-barrel-briar
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tendring
Constituency
Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 April 1987
Type
House
Address
Brown Owl House, 1, Hurst Green, Brightlingsea, CO7 0HG
OS grid reference
TM 090 167
Coordinates
51.81035, 1.0311
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Brown Owl House, formerly The White Lion Public House, is a house dating from the 17th and 18th centuries, likely with earlier origins, and altered and extended in the 19th century. It is a timber-framed and plastered building with red plain tiled roofs. The house comprises two ranges, with the rear range taller than the front. It is one storey in height with attics. Chimney stacks are located on the left and off-centre right of the front elevation, and there are three gabled dormers. Three 20th-century windows are visible on the front. The two bays to the right are enclosed by a red tiled porch, with diamond-leaded windows. A 20th-century gabled porch is located to the left. The interior contains moulded bridging joists with run-out stops and chamfered bridging joists in some rooms.

Local climate

Brown Owl House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 14 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 86% 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 — 1 transaction since 2014
  • Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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  • 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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