Sheering Hall Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 May 1953. House. 1 related planning application.
Sheering Hall Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- stranded-chapel-briar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 May 1953
- Type
- House
- Address
- Sheering Hall Farmhouse, Braintree Road, Shalford, CM7 4QY
- OS grid reference
- TL 735 267
- Coordinates
- 51.91215, 0.52213
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sheering Hall Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the late 19th century. It is timber framed and plastered, with a roof covered in handmade red clay tiles. The early 16th century section consists of a 2-bay range aligned east-west, featuring an axial stack at the eastern end. To the east is a late 16th century and 18th century 3-bay range, which has an axial stack in the middle bay. There are also late 19th century extensions to the north and south, each with end stacks. The building has two storeys, a cellar, and an attic.
The southern elevation is designed in the Tudor Revival style, with the left half jettied. It features two late 19th century tripartite sash windows on each floor, along with one 18th century sash window with 12 lights on the first floor. The central door, dating from the 20th century, has a gabled and fretted canopy from the late 19th century. All chimney shafts are styled in the Tudor Revival manner.
Inside, the early 16th century rear range has chamfered transverse beams on half-height jowls, chamfered axial beams, jowled posts, and close studding with 'Suffolk' braces that are trenched to the inside. There are also diamond mortices and shutter grooves for two unglazed windows in the upper southern wall, which are now blocked. The late 16th century front range has two exposed jowled posts, one of which is splay-scarfed near the base, but there is little other exposed evidence.
The upper and lower front rooms are lined with oak panelling introduced around 1600, featuring a reproduction carved frieze and chimney-piece from around 1870. The lower front room contains an early 19th century corner cupboard with a domed head and geometrical fretting on the sides. The owner possesses architect's drawings of a conversion carried out around 1868. Additionally, there is a complete 19th century bread oven located in the cellar.
Local climate
Sheering Hall 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 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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