Don John's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Don John's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- lost-wall-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Don John's Farmhouse, Greenstead Green and Halstead Rural, CO6 2NP
- OS grid reference
- TL 833 285
- Coordinates
- 51.92556, 0.66459
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Don John's Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 20th century. It features a timber frame, is plastered, and has a roof covered with handmade red plain tiles. The main range, which is from the early 16th century, faces north and has an off-centre axial stack. To the right is an early 16th century crosswing, which is a separate build extending to the rear and has a 20th century external stack on its right flank. To the left is a late 16th century crosswing with a central stack, also extending to the rear, and a single-storey lean-to extension at the back, creating a half-H plan.
The house has two storeys and features 20th century casements with oak frames and leaded lights, arranged irregularly. There is an off-centre 20th century oak door with iron strap hinges. The middle stack has two grouped diagonal shafts, while the left stack has four grouped diagonal shafts that have been rebuilt. The right stack, also from the 20th century, has diagonal shafts. A weathervane is located at the right end of the main ridge, and there are two large gabled dormers at the rear.
Inside, the middle range boasts exceptionally large beams and joists, which are jointed with soffit tenons featuring diminished haunches. The right wing likely served as a combined parlour and service area originally, while the left wing has a contemporary stack in a chimney-bay and was used as a later parlour. The roofs were destroyed by fire in the 20th century and have since been rebuilt. The building was previously referred to as Dungeon's Farm.
Local climate
Don John's Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 660 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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 2016
- 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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