Clapbridge Farm House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1990. Farmhouse.

Clapbridge Farm House

WRENN ID
rusted-pewter-spindle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
10 July 1990
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Clapbridge Farm House, Princes Road
OS grid reference
TL 745 226
Coordinates
51.87505, 0.53483
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Clapbridge Farm House is a farmhouse built in the late 17th century to early 18th century. It features a rendered exterior over a timber frame with red brick infill. The roof is half-hipped and covered with 20th-century cement pantiles, and there is a central brick chimney stack. The building has two storeys and attics, with two windows on the front. The roof includes a gabled dormer fitted with sliding sash windows. At the time of the survey, there were two 16-pane sash windows that were boarded up.

The central entrance has a doorcase with a moulded architrave and cornice supported by brackets, leading to a mid-19th-century fielded four-panel door. There is an outshut at the rear, which features a plinth and a gabled stair turret. The doorcase at the rear has a flat hood on brackets, moulded architraves, and a plank door with two glazed panels. An exposed section of rendering at the front reveals a reused timber corner post and diagonal braces, along with 18th-century brickwork and lath and plaster. There is a 20th-century flat roof extension that is not considered of special interest. The interior has not been seen.

Local climate

Clapbridge Farm House 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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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