Abbot's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Farmhouse. 2 related planning applications.

Abbot's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
white-loggia-vermeil
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Abbot's Farmhouse, Pebmarsh, CO9 2QE
OS grid reference
TL 842 319
Coordinates
51.95532, 0.67953
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Abbot's Farmhouse is a house dating from the 16th century, with alterations made in the 18th century. It is timber framed, plastered, and has a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The main part of the house has three bays and faces northeast, with a two-bay crosswing to the right. There is a 16th-century axial stack at the junction of the main range and crosswing, and an 18th-century internal stack in the right wall of the crosswing. The house has two storeys.

On the ground floor, there is one early 19th-century sash window with 16 lights and two 20th-century casement windows. On the first floor, there are three 20th-century sashes and one 20th-century casement. There are also two four-panel doors, each with a simple canopy above. Both roofs are hipped.

Inside, the farmhouse features jowled posts, heavy studding, and chamfered beams. The roofs have been rebuilt in the 18th century, with new ridges and hips.

Local climate

Abbot's 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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