Wakeshall Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 May 1984. House. 4 related planning applications.
Wakeshall Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- woven-chamber-yew
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 May 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- Wakeshall Farmhouse, Wakeshall Lane, Belchamp St. Paul, CO10 8LA
- OS grid reference
- TL 773 414
- Coordinates
- 52.04304, 0.58522
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The property is a house, dating to the 16th century with later alterations. It is timber framed and has been plastered, with a red-tiled roof. The house is one storey high with an attic, featuring a catslide dormer. The front has a three-window facade with vertical sliding sash windows containing glazing bars. A vertically boarded door is set within a plain surround. Two red brick chimney stacks are present; the one to the right has a four-square arrangement of attached shafts. A single-storey, brick-built lean-to is attached to the right, featuring a small paned casement window and a vertically boarded door. Inside, stop-chamfered bridging and ceiling joists are visible, along with a reputed early 18th century staircase with good balusters. A bladed scarf joint is also visible.
Local climate
Wakeshall 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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