Sparrows Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Farmhouse.
Sparrows Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- dreaming-clay-dale
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 August 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Sparrows Farmhouse, Twinstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 872 367
- Coordinates
- 51.99804, 0.72568
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sparrows Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 16th century or earlier. It is constructed of timber framing and plaster, topped with gabled roofs covered in peg tiles. The building has a 'T' shaped plan and consists of one storey with attics, featuring large crosswings at the north end that project forward to the west. At the south end, there is a two-storey gabled extension, along with a 20th-century pantiled lean-to on the southeast corner.
The west elevation, which is the front, includes a gabled dormer in the main block, a tall ridgeline stack, a 20th-century gabled porch, and a hipped extension also covered in peg tiles. The west wall of the crosswing features a segmental 20th-century bow window, some red brick, and old reused crenellated girts. A significant portion of the timber frame is exposed on the front, while the rear displays old pargetted plaster with raised square panels. The rear also includes one lean-to dormer, and the windows are leaded light casements.
Local climate
Sparrows 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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