Blamsters is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. House. 1 related planning application.
Blamsters
- WRENN ID
- patient-panel-storm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Blamsters, Mount Hill, Halstead, CO9 1LR
- OS grid reference
- TL 805 300
- Coordinates
- 51.93988, 0.62497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Blamsters is a building dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, originally known as Blamster's Farm. It features a central hall with cross wings, and the upper storey of the southeast cross wings projects at both the front and back. The building is two storeys high with attics, constructed with timber framing and plaster, and has tiled roofs. The windows are a mix of double-hung sashes and casements. The cross wing is of particularly high quality, showcasing heavily moulded and crenellated beams. It retains original windows with diagonal mullions. Inside, there is an octagonal crown post with a bell foot and scotia capital, supported by four braces. The hall dates to the late 16th century, and the roofs are gabled, covered in plain red tiles, with a gabled dormer.
Local climate
Blamsters sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 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 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Radon risk assessment
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