Fentons Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 January 1985. House.

Fentons Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sunken-moulding-owl
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
2 January 1985
Type
House
Address
Fentons Farmhouse, Mill Lane, Rayne
OS grid reference
TL 715 220
Coordinates
51.87053, 0.49041
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fentons Farmhouse is a house that dates from the 17th century or earlier, with later alterations and additions. It is timber framed and has a rough rendered exterior, topped with a red plain tiled roof. There is a plastered brick chimney on the left side of the main range and a gabled crosswing to the left. The building is two storeys high and features a window arrangement of one window on the right and two on the left, consisting of various three-light casements and horizontal sliding sashes. The front door, which is from the 20th century, includes a top light and is topped by a moulded pediment supported by brackets.

Local climate

Fentons 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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