Constable's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
Constable's Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- worn-soffit-mint
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- Constable's Farmhouse, Foxearth, CO10 7HZ
- OS grid reference
- TL 834 457
- Coordinates
- 52.08015, 0.67535
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Constable’s Farmhouse is a cottage dating from the 17th century or earlier. It is timber-framed and rendered with some old pargetting. The house has two storeys and attics, with a red plain tiled roof and a red brick chimney. Double jetties are present on the North and South gable ends, featuring original carved bressumers and scroll brackets. Two gabled dormers light the attics. There are three casement windows.
Local climate
Constable's Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 80% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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