Wash Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1950. Farmhouse. 6 related planning applications.

Wash Farm

WRENN ID
fading-keep-gold
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 February 1950
Type
Farmhouse
Address
Wash Farm, Hedingham Road, Halstead, CO9 2DW
OS grid reference
TL 813 313
Coordinates
51.95072, 0.63774
Source
Historic England listing

Also on this page: sale history · related consents · flood risk · radon risk · weather exposure · detailed attributes ↓

Description

Wash Farm is a mid-16th century building with a rectangular plan. It has two storeys and attics, constructed with timber framing and plaster, topped by a red plain tile hipped roof. The original chimney stack features grouped shafts on a square base. The upper storey of the south-west front projects, and there is an original doorway with a four-centred head and sunk chamfered reveals. The building includes two large 17th-century gabled dormers and a four-window range of late 19th-century casements. Inside, much of the frame is intact, showcasing moulded beams and some original windows. The rear wing is also from the 16th century or earlier, originally open to the roof; the first floor and chimney stack were added in the mid-16th century, and the roof was rebuilt in the late 17th century. The main roof remains original, featuring side purlins and arch braces.

Local climate

Wash Farm 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 2007
  • Related listed building consents — 6 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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