Dairy Approximately 5 Metres South East of Fairstead Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 March 1986. Dairy.
Dairy Approximately 5 Metres South East of Fairstead Hall
- WRENN ID
- grim-buttress-wren
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Witham MP: Priti Patel (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 March 1986
- Type
- Dairy
- OS grid reference
- TL 767 166
- Coordinates
- 51.82055, 0.56288
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This dairy, dating from the 18th century, is located approximately 5 metres south-east of Fairstead Hall. It is constructed of red brick in an irregular bond and has a roof made of handmade red clay tiles. The building has an octagonal plan and features a pyramidal roof. There is an original plain boarded door on the west side and an original slatted window on the east side, along with a 20th-century casement window in the original aperture on the north-west side. Inside, there is a red brick floor and a slate bench on seven sides with a raised wooden rim, supported by brick piers. The roof was rebuilt in softwood in the 20th century. This dairy is included for its group value with Fairstead Hall.
Local climate
Dairy Approximately 5 Metres South East of Fairstead Hall 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 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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