Great Broomfields is a Grade II listed building in the Basildon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1975. A Post-Medieval House. 3 related planning applications.
Great Broomfields
- WRENN ID
- western-quoin-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Basildon
- Constituency
- Rayleigh and Wickford MP: Mr Mark Francois (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 6 January 1975
- Type
- House
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- Great Broomfields, Cranfield Park Road, Wickford, SS12 9EP
- OS grid reference
- TQ 748 918
- Coordinates
- 51.59857, 0.52278
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Great Broomfields is a 16th and 17th century timber-framed house designed in an L-shaped plan. The timber framing is exposed and features plaster infill. The house has one storey and attics, with casement windows. The exterior displays a series of carpenter's marks. The roof is tiled and includes a rebuilt chimney stack with diagonally set shafts. Inside, the property retains exposed framing, beams, and joists.
Local climate
Great Broomfields sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 83% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 2 transactions since 2007
- 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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