Clarks Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 August 1952. A Medieval Farmhouse.
Clarks Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-sill-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 7 August 1952
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- Clarks Farmhouse, North Road, Belchamp Walter
- OS grid reference
- TL 820 414
- Coordinates
- 52.04162, 0.65351
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Clarks Farmhouse is a farmhouse that dates from the 15th century or earlier and the late 16th century. It is timber framed and plastered, featuring gabled roofs covered with peg tiles. The building has one storey and attics, with some sections rising to two storeys, and exhibits a very complex plan. It primarily follows the 'in line' hall house form with a low eaves line, complemented by two gabled flush crosswings at the front. These crosswings display original bargeboards and a carved interlocking decoration, with one wing extending to the rear. A large chimney with four truncated octagonal shafts is positioned on the ridge line above the northern crosswing.
The front of the farmhouse includes an off-centre 20th-century lean-to porch, 19th-century mullion and transomed casements, and a gabled dormer situated between the gabled wings. At the south end, there is a two-storey structure with a gabled peg tile roof, which may have served as a garderobe tower. To the northeast, a large two-storey extension from the 17th century is present, along with additional rear lean-tos and extensions.
Inside, there are remnants of a late medieval hall house, including a steeply cambered hall tie beam. The inserted 17th-century floor features stop-chamfered joists. There are also some late 18th-century elements, such as a fire surround, several doors, and an arch-headed recess with serpentine shelves. An internal spiral staircase includes a uniquely moulded handrail of uncertain date.
Local climate
Clarks 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 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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