King's Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Farmhouse. 8 related planning applications.

King's Farmhouse

WRENN ID
shifting-plaster-plover
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
12 November 1984
Type
Farmhouse
Address
King's Farmhouse, Alphamstone, CO9 2NY
OS grid reference
TL 861 348
Coordinates
51.9806, 0.7094
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

King’s Farmhouse is a house dating to around 1600. It is constructed of timber framing, with plaster walls and a roof covered in handmade red clay tiles. The house has four bays facing west, with the bay on the left being slightly older than the rest of the structure. Original external chimney stacks are situated on the left gable end and at the right end of the building, with a further internal chimney stack also present. The windows are 20th-century casements, and the entrance is via a 20th-century porch with octagonal posts and a shallow pediment, leading to a six-panel door. The left-hand chimney stack features roll mouldings at each stage, with four on each side, and grouped diagonal shafts.

Inside, the house has chamfered axial beams with run-out stops, similar stops on the mantel beam of the left ground floor hearth, jowled posts, some exposed timber framing, and a single panel of original wattle and daub in the attic. The wallplates of the upper floor are laid over those of the ground floor, and both roofs are of clasped purlin construction with curved wind bracing, although some braces are missing.

Local climate

King'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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 2015
  • Related listed building consents — 8 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
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