Church Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. Cottage. 2 related planning applications.
Church Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- outer-zinc-peregrine
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Church Farmhouse, the Street, Gestingthorpe, CO9 3BB
- OS grid reference
- TL 811 385
- Coordinates
- 52.01535, 0.63875
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Church Farmhouse is a cottage dating from the late 17th century or early 18th century. It is constructed with a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped by a red plain tiled gambrel roof that features four gabled dormers. There are red brick chimney stacks on both the left and right sides of the building. The farmhouse has one storey and attics, with a range of four small paned casement windows. To the right, there is a single storey extension that is also plastered and has a red plain tiled roof. The central entrance door consists of six panels with two lights, framed by a moulded lugged architrave and topped with a pediment that has dentilled soffits. Inside, the layout comprises three bays with chamfered beams throughout. There is a brick fireplace with a stop chamfered beam above it, along with 18th-century doors and a cupboard, and an 18th-century wooden fire surround.
Local climate
Church 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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