Applecroft Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 August 1986. Farmhouse. 7 related planning applications.

Applecroft Farmhouse

WRENN ID
over-parapet-holly
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 August 1986
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Applecroft Farmhouse, Great Henny, CO10 7NP
OS grid reference
TL 869 382
Coordinates
52.01093, 0.72239
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Applecroft Farmhouse is a 16th-century or earlier farmhouse with alterations from the mid 19th century. It is timber framed and largely clad in 19th-century flintwork, with quoins and dressings of gault brick. The gabled roof is covered in clay peg tiles. The house has a ‘T’ shape and two storeys, with a crosswing at the east end. It features 19th-century casement windows with varying patterns of glazing bars, set beneath segmental brick arches. A 20th-century single-storey extension of red brick with a lean-to roof is located on the north side. There's a ridge stack over the west gable, and an off-centre ridgeline stack on the crosswing. The crosswing is a three-bay structure with heavy timber framing, featuring double ogee chamfer mouldings on the bridging joist. The interior reveals jowled posts, straight bracing, and remnants of a late 16th-century roof, incorporating Jacobean carved timbers used as collars.

Local climate

Applecroft 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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  • Sale history — 6 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 7 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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