Hurrells Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1984. House.
Hurrells Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- grey-doorway-solstice
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Hurrells Farmhouse, Gestingthorpe Road, Little Maplestead
- OS grid reference
- TL 824 342
- Coordinates
- 51.97647, 0.65543
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Hurrells Farmhouse is a house that dates back to the 16th century or earlier, with a late 18th-century wing added to the south. The building is timber framed and plastered, topped with grey slate roofs. The southern range has two storeys, while the northern range has one storey and an attic. There are two red brick chimney stacks. The 18th-century range features projecting eaves and a three-window arrangement of small paned vertically sliding sashes with moulded surrounds. The central entrance has a two-panel door with two lights, flanked by pilasters with capitals and topped with an open pediment. The northern range includes one catslide dormer and a small paned sliding sash window. At the rear, there is an attached bake oven. The northern range's frame consists of two bays with a heavy chamfered tie beam and bridging joist, showcasing good quality close studding. The 18th-century details include doors with ironmongery and a hall archway. Documentary evidence indicates the building's history dates back to around 1486.
Local climate
Hurrells 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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