Bell Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Basildon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 6 January 1975. A 18th century Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.

Bell Farmhouse

WRENN ID
mired-sandstone-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Basildon
Constituency
Basildon and Billericay MP: Mr Richard Holden (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
6 January 1975
Type
Farmhouse
Period
18th century
Address
Bell Farmhouse, London Road, SS12 0LG
OS grid reference
TQ 731 930
Coordinates
51.6101, 0.49931
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Bell Farmhouse is an 18th-century timber-framed and plastered farmhouse located on London Road in Ramsden Bellhouse. The building has two storeys and features a three-window range with double-hung sashes that include glazing bars. A central gabled porch projects from the front of the house. The roof is covered with 20th-century composition tiles and is hipped.

Local climate

Bell Farmhouse 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 — 4 transactions since 1997
  • 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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